Question

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, 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 gilmans 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 the narrators concerns as unimportant and silly.

Explanation:

In Gilman's time, there was a prevalent attitude of dismissing women's concerns as unimportant and silly. The excerpt shows a character (John) disregarding the narrator's wishes to repaper the room, seeing her concerns as something she should not give in to, reflecting this social attitude.

Answer:

John views the writer's concerns as unimportant and silly.