The village in the story is never named, but from the text, one can conclude that it is along the Pacific Ocean from the quote, "Out of another I get a lovely view of the bay and a little private wharf belonging to the estate" (401). The geographic setting of "The Yellow Wallpaper" adds irony between what the main character does and the connotation you get when you think about the location of the story. The setting of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the driving force in the story because it is the main factor that caused the narrator to go insane. This short story vividly reflects both a woman in torment and oppression as well as a woman struggling for self expression. This is a story of a miserable wife, a young woman in anguish, stress surrounding her in the walls of her bedroom and under the control of her husband doctor, who had given her the treatment of isolation and rest. The "Yellow Wall Paper "by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a chilling study and experiment of mental disorder in nineteenth century.
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