The atmosphere that Gilman creates for "The Yellow Wall-paper" is at the same time sunny and depressing. While she tells us that the nursery has many windows and is often filled with sunlight, we are depressed because we know that she is slowly going mad. Each entry in the story becomes darker, going from "air and sunshine galore" (1659) to "a week of fog and rain"(1666). This is representative of her downward spiral into madness.

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Approximate Word count = 518
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)