Setting as described by Robert DiYannis is when "Writers describe the world they know, its sights, and sounds, its colors, textures, and accents."(DiYannis p.43) "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman can be broken down into two major social points. First as a means to save women from rest cure. This was a method used in the early 1900's for the treating the mental ill. The rest cure method called for the complete seclusion …showed first 75 words of 864 total…

…showed last 75 words of 864 total…The Yellow Wallpaper" Gilman helped to make public how someone under rest care would feel and the oppression of women in the early 1900's. The way that women are looked upon in society has changed for the better over time and this work was a catalyst for that change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Work Cited Faulkner, William. "A Rose for Emily." Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. Robert DiYanni. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994. 57-63.