The Yellow Wallpaper, is about a woman that is trying to escape the man orient society that she is living in. So, during the summer he husband has rented this "colonial mansion, of romantic felicity,"(594) for the summer trying to get his wife over this "temporary nervous depression,"(595) and feels that fresh air will do her some good. She wanted to say down stairs but he feels that upstairs is a better idea that they stay up stairs. This is showing that men rule the world and whatever they say goes. So, they up stirs they are staying in this "big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, windows that looks all ways, and air and sunshine glory," (595), because the husband feels that sunlight and fresh air will do his wife some good and help her get back to normal health faster. Because during this time period the...