The fact that describes a gothic element in this excerpt and which reflects a social attitude of Gilman’s time is: John makes decisions on his wife’s behalf, which illustrates that she is not in control of her own fate." (Option A)
Some of the elements of Gothic Genre are indicated below:
Thus, it may be said that it was distressing for Johns wife when he refused the room that was more convenient and properly dressed with flowers.
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