The Yellow Wallpaper
Paper 1: Minimum of 900 words:
How did Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s experience with puerperal mania (post-partum depression) affect her writing of “The Yellow Wallpaper”? Read over her essay, “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’” read a biography about Gilman from one of the UCC Library databases or Questia, and along with quotations from the story, provide an argument that supports your opinion of this issue.
Short Analysis Rubric
Short Analysis Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Analysis
The writer analyzes the passages at hand with extreme detail and precision. Textual evidence is cited where needed. No generalizations. All ideas are backed up with text.
85 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Format
MLA formatting and heading.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Structure
Response is free of major spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors.
10 pts
Total Points: 100