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What constitutes a "monstrous Other" in "The Yellow Wallpaper" ?

Correct answer: D. John

  • A. Cousin Henry and Julia
  • B. Reading
  • C. Writing
  • D. John

Explanation

John represents the patriarchal medical and domestic authority that confines the narrator and treats her writing as harmful. Her writing becomes a means of resistance, so it is not itself the monstrous Other.

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