Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper." At first he meant to repaper the room, but afterwards he said that I was letting it get the better of me
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?
O The narrator feels an inevitable sense of doom.
O The qualities of the wallpaper create a sense of mystery.
O John appears to be a supernatural being.
O John views his wife's concerns as unimportant and silly.