Due to her illness the doctor tells her that the only cure was the rest cure so he locks her in a room and strips her of everything that she has associated with her everyday life. This action successfully began the striping of her sanity. Most would agree that leaving her alone with the horrid wallpaper for just a while would be enough to start her downward spiral of mental health, but John states, ”I don't care to renovate the house just for a three months' rental” (Perkins 3). Most would agree that this quote shows the dismissal of Jane’s opinions and more importantly, the magnitude of her prescription of unwelcomed rest. This short story makes the setting of this one room feel like the only option that she had, further exercising the different use of the same setting between the two stories. Although these stories have very different impact, the settings root from the same
Due to her illness the doctor tells her that the only cure was the rest cure so he locks her in a room and strips her of everything that she has associated with her everyday life. This action successfully began the striping of her sanity. Most would agree that leaving her alone with the horrid wallpaper for just a while would be enough to start her downward spiral of mental health, but John states, ”I don't care to renovate the house just for a three months' rental” (Perkins 3). Most would agree that this quote shows the dismissal of Jane’s opinions and more importantly, the magnitude of her prescription of unwelcomed rest. This short story makes the setting of this one room feel like the only option that she had, further exercising the different use of the same setting between the two stories. Although these stories have very different impact, the settings root from the same