At first he meant to repaper the room, but afterwards he said that i was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies.
which gothic element in this excerpt reflects a social attitude of gilman’s time?
the narrator feels an inevitable sense of doom.
the qualities of the wallpaper create a sense of mystery.
john appears to be a supernatural being.
john views his wife’s concerns as unimportant and silly.