Which of these sentences from the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses verbal irony?

A. If only that top pattern could be gotten off from the under one! I mean to try it, little by little.

B. I got up softly and went to feel and see if the paper did move, and when I came back John was awake.

C. It is so hard to talk to John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

D. But I am securely fastened now by my well-hidden rope-you don't get me out in the road there!

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Patience Richards

27 May, 18:47

Which of these sentences from the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses verbal irony?

A. If only that top pattern could be gotten off from the under one! I mean to try it, little by little.

B. I got up softly and went to feel and see if the paper did move, and when I came back John was awake.

C. It is so hard to talk to John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

D. But I am securely fastened now by my well-hidden rope-you don't get me out in the road there!

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Alessandro Wilkinson · Answer 1

The correct answer of this question is option C. The sentence "It is so hard to talk to John about my case, because he is so wise, and he loves me so." uses verbal irony. In the story the narrator is in conflict with herself and she is undergoing depression. John is her husband who is practical and he does not understand the negative effect of his treatment to her wife.