'The Yellow Wallpaper': crafting voice
I can evaluate how a writer constructs different voices and writes using a specific voice.
'The Yellow Wallpaper': crafting voice
I can evaluate how a writer constructs different voices and writes using a specific voice.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In 'The Yellow Wallpaper', Perkins Gilman may have wanted to reveal more about John than the narrator herself.
- 'The Yellow Wallpaper' may be a critique of the patriarchal systems in place in the 1800s.
- The narrator's husband seems to come across as controlling, dismissive, patronising and authoritative.
- We can craft the narrator's husband voice using a range of methods such as imperatives, tag questions and modal verbs.
Common misconception
Pupils may not recognise how terms of endearment can be patronising.
Terms of endearment are traditionally used as a sign of affection but they can be used to subdue, belittle or appease someone (depending on the context).
Keywords
Authoritative - showing that you are confident, in control and expect to be obeyed
Dismissive - treating someone as if they are unworthy of consideration
Patronising - speaking to someone as if they are stupid or unimportant
Equipment
You will need a copy of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman which is available in the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of sexual violence
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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