"It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer." How does this opening sentence of Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" NOT immediately suggest the Gothic ?
Correct answer: C. The first-person narrator
- A. The reference to ancestral halls
- B. The uncommon nature of the event
- C. The first-person narrator
- D. The dichotomy between the concepts of ordinary and estate
Explanation
The first-person point of view does not by itself suggest the Gothic, since it is simply a narrative technique. The ancestral hall, unusual summer arrangement, and contrast between “ordinary people” and a grand estate create the immediate Gothic signals.
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