ENGL 1121 Lecture Notes - Postpartum Depression, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Setting the yellow wall paper by charlotte perkins gilman. This short story has a combination of two types of setting, mold and mirror. Mold is when the setting influences what the character becomes. At the beginning of the story the narrator is feeling sad and depressed. As the narrator has nothing to do; she doesn"t have a job or hobby, also no responsibilities. She spend so much time in that house alone, especially in that room. She becomes more and more upset, like the yellow wallpaper. So the setting explains about the character and her behaviour. Yet at the same time, the setting mirrors the narrator"s character. The setting and mood emphasis the narrators loneliness and her decent into madness. Her husband spends so much time out of the house, and there is no one for her to talk to. She isn"t allowed company as this would over excite her, which her husband is trying to stop.
