What are the big ideas at work? What does this story tell us about human nature?

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf
An analysis on this short story.
Description of Assignment:
Analyzing
a short story is fundamentally different than analyzing a poem because the
short story allows for detail, complexity and story arcs that are often not the
focus of poetry, which is closer to distilled language, highly stylized and
condensed. The short story uses prose to
create contradiction, conflict, subtlety and fully realized characters.
For
this assignment, answer these questions about your short story: What are the
big ideas at work? What does this story tell us about human nature? What are
the principles this story asks us to contemplate? Use the literary devices
outlined on pages 2-3 of The Dictionary of First Concepts handout to analyze
the techniques used to create meaning in your story.
Organization:
The
introduction should give some key background on the story and where it fits in
the canon of the author’s works. Any historical details concerning the author
or the circumstances surrounding the story’s creation should remain in the
introduction or conclusion. The thesis should indicate the theme (big idea,
principle or overall message of the story) and which literary devices you will
use to analyze the story.
The
body will identify where, how and to what effect your chosen literary devices
work in your short story. Use quotes
(but none longer than 2-3 lines at a time), paraphrasing and outside sources to
root your essay in textual analysis. Organize the body so your analysis builds
on each previous paragraph, giving us the basics first and ending on whichever
element you feel is the culmination or unifying element of all the rest.
The
conclusion should restate your thesis and examine any new understandings about
the literary devices and themes that arise from analyzing the short story. What
should we take with us about this subject? What have you uncovered in the short
story that is worth remembering?
Requirements:
• MLA
formatted with in-text citations and a works cited page.
• 3 pages
(about 1000 words plus a works cited page), typed, double-spaced, 12pt font,
Times.
• Three
college-level sources in addition to your story, either from a printed source
or the college’s online databases. If you are unable to find sources this way,
please contact me.
Citation
information for “The Yellow Wallpaper”:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibition4.html

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