a) The cure for her prescribed by her husband and brother only makes things worse b) They unwittingly aid her descent into insanity by the strict regimen they force upon her III. Setting of Place A. Older 'Victorian Mansion' with a shady past a) It is a melancholy place with a sad sort of atmosphere b) Neglected and abandoned house c) Defying time and weather to destroy it B. Jail-like room in poor condition a) Bed bolted to floor b) Bars on windows c) Rings and things in the walls d) Bolted or locked door e) Lack of furniture C. Wallpaper pattern, color, condition and smell a) Pattern is sprawling, ugly, and repetitive b) Color is a dirty, off shade of yellow and very repulsive c) Condition is poor with ripped and missing sections d) Smell is symbolic of her decaying state of mind D. Solitary setting a) The lack of stimulus due to isolation feeds her obsession with the wallpaper b) The removal of responsibility causes her to lose her grip on reality as she is forced into uselessness c) Confinement to her room causes her to narrow her focus from the house to the room and then from the room to the wallpaper and its pattern. With nothing else to do she continues this search for something deeper and goes into the pattern of the wallpaper, from there to the wallpapers scent.IV. Point of View A. First Person Participant a) This lets us see how and why she thinks and behaves the way she does b) If it were from another characters point of view we would miss many important details c) If it were just limited omniscient point of view the reader would not be able to sympathize so well with the main character and would see the husband in a different li...
