Yellow Wallpaper

Polysyndeton is the use of several conjunctions in close succession. A lot of examples of polysyndeton can be provided from this short story, such as :”He has no patience with faith , an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.” As we notice some of the conjunctions can be omitted. The second example is:” John is a physician, and PERHAPS—(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) — PERHAPS that is one reason I do not get well faster.” One aspect of the polysyndeton in this sentence is that the coordinated information are not related. A third example is :” You see he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression— a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do..” The writer has achieved a variety of effects through using over abundant conjunctions. The writer wants to create a sense of being overwhelmed as we can notice in these examples:” My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing , and he says the same thing.”

” So I take phosphates or phosphites— whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to work until I am well again.”

نوشته شده توسط Farya  در ساعت 20:5 | لینک  |