Question

Which textual detail from “The Yellow Wallpaper” best represents what the story suggests could be a consequence of the rest cure?

A)“So I take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to ‘work’ until I am well again.”
B)“We have been here two weeks, and I haven’t felt like writing before, since that first day.”
C)“I did not make out a very good case for myself, for I was crying before I had finished.”
D)“There’s one comfort, the baby is well and happy, and does not have to occupy this nursery with the horrid wallpaper.”
E)“And then when the sun came and that awful pattern began to laugh at me I declared I would finish it to-day!”

Answer 1

Answer: e.) “And then when the sun came and that awful pattern began to laugh at me I declared I would finish it to-day!”

Explanation:

This last quote shows you an example of how rest cure has lead her to near insanity. She was hallucinating and imagining things that are completely unrealistic ultimately leading to severe depression.

Answer 2

The Yellow Wallpaper has been the short story written by  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and published in 1892.

The story has been the tale of the rest cured lady and her obsession with the yellow wallpaper present in her drawing room.

Consequences of rest cure

The rest cure has been the mental state of the women in depression. It has been shown the story has been based on the mental illness caused by the depression of giving birth, known as puerperal insanity.

The sentence that has been able to deliver the idea of the rest cure consequences in the story has been her hallucination of the sun laughing at her.

Thus, the consequences has been represented as "the sun came and began to laugh, asking me to end my day." Thus, option E is correct.

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