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Charlotte Perkins GilmanAn Obstacle
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1884A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Discussion Starters
1. Why might Gilman have chosen to work with rhyming six-line stanzas? What is the effect of this on the poem’s meaning? What is the effect on readers?
2. In what ways is the speaker Taking Inspiration From Nature as she Overcomes Prejudice?
3. What do you make of the poem’s ending? Is it too simplistic to suggest prejudice can be overcome by pretending it doesn’t exist, or is Gilman’s message something else?
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