In the story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" Jane is the main character, and the protagonist. The protagonist is "the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work" (dictionary.com). The story is about her "treatment" and how she slowly becomes crazy. Jane is suffering from female hysteria. As treatment, she goes to a house, that was a boys house, for rest. Jane is kept in one room of the house, thought to be the old nursery. It has yellow wallpaper that Jane examines and bars over the window. John is Jane's husband and also a doctor. He diagnosed her and keeps her there so she can get better. John is the antagonist because he is opposed to. "As the protagonist of the story, Jane faces the opposition of the first antagonist, her husband" (parrishco.com). John makes Jane more crazy because he treats her like a baby and keeps her from doing something that she loves to do; write. In conclusion, Jane is the protagonist that is undergoing treatment that makes her develop even more female hysteria than she started with.
Dictonary.com. Protagonist.
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Parrishco.com. Literary Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper.
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I agree that the protagonist of the story is Jane However, in your article you say that because Jane is the main character, she is the protagonist. Although that is true in this story, it is not true in every story. The main character is not always the protagonist. It is not too often that, that would happen but it does happen. But, besides that i thought it was a well written blog.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that Jane is the narrator. Be careful because the main character isnt always the protagonist. I also liked your choice of pictures for this entry
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