Critical Response to The Yellow Wall-paper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" is set in the late 1800s in a "colonial mansion"(1657). The mansion sits back from the road, surrounded by "hedges and walls and gates that lock" (1658). It is also bordered by separate houses made for gardeners and other servants, a garden brimming with grapes, and greenhouses, which have been long forgotten (1658). It seems to be a beautiful old place, a perfect place to get away from the world and relax. Gilman may have chosen this particular setting because it was familiar to her. Gilman herself suffered with bouts of depression and was persuaded to see Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, whom she mentions in her story, for treatment. He was known for prescribing a "rest cure", which is what brou
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "The Yellow Wall-paper." The Norton Anthology of tails of the setting is non-conformist. While most authors would choose to describe in detail the entire room, including the furniture, Gilman concentrates on the wallpaper, giving only a few details of the furniture and the rest of the room. Her non-conformist approach to describing the setting works well with the story that she is trying to tell. A person that is slowly going crazy would not conform to societies standards. W.W. Norton and Company, 1999. 1657-1669. American Literature, Shorter Fifth Edition. Ed. Nina Baym. New York: The atmosphere that Gilman creates for "The Yellow Wall-paper" is at the same time sunny and depressin
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