... and return him to Cordelia Street, Paul panics. The hopelessness that Cordelia Street represents to Paul awakens a flight instinct in him and he is made irrational at the thought of giving up his orchestras and wine and returning to the yellow wallpaper in his room he hates. As Paul journeys ... away from his father, who he believes is tracking him; he buys a bundle of red carnations. This time the flowers have a deeper meaning ... as their initial vitality is erased and they become "drooping with the cold their red glory all over"" (p. 83). As the flowers in the beginning of the ... b...

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