ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bed Rest, Postpartum Depression, The Yellow Wallpaper

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: Natalie Taylor

Document Summary

The house is a character itself as well as a symbol. House is the symbol of the mind. The entry of the dark and mysterious house is symbolyzing the entrance of the psyche/ into the mind. Since the house cracks in the middle, it"s the split between rationality. Male psyche is on one side (brother) Female psyche is on the other side (sister) Since the house cracks in the middle, it"s the divide between the siblings. The story is a journey into the mind. Page 25: description of the uncanny, the experience of the uncanny triggers the narrator"s freak out, the experience of the uncanny is brought on by the shift in perception. The narrator is saying that what was familiar to him is suddenly uncomfortable hence the uncanny occurrences. The crack of the house is the splitting of the psyche, no healthy interactions between both sides leads to the split up, and the crumbling of the house.