The Yellow Wallpaper 3 Quotes and their Analysis Megan And Angelica

Quote #1 “Your exercise depends on your strength, my dear…said he, “and your food somewhat on your appetite; but air you can absorb all the time.”exercise appetite

Quote #1 She Doesn’t have much strength from being in the room for that many weeks. That means she not going to be able to exercise and move around.

Quote #1 Shows his authority upon her. He's the boss so, his way goes. No matter if she's hungry or not, he's going to feed her and she has to eat.

Quote #2 “That spoils my ghostliness, I am afraid I’m but I don’t care--there is something strange about the house--I can feel it.”afraidhouse

Quote #2 This quote shows how even before going insane, she felt as if something nonhuman was already there. Somehow she had a premonition on how her insanity was soon to come.

Quote #2 She is weary about the house because it looks really strange and scary almost.

Quote 3 John is a physician, and perhaps--( I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster…You see he does not believe I am sick.dead paper one reason

Quote #3 She thinks that the only reason she wont get better is because of her husband, and how he doesn’t believe she's sick.

Quote #3 She writes this because she has nothing else to do in her time, but she doesn’t want her husband to see because she thinks he wont approve, calling it dead paper.