The Yellow Wallpaper

The yellow wallpaper is a central image in the story. Explain its significance. What else about the setting is important to the story?

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The wallpaper is significant because it symbolizes the state of the narrator's mind while she is, for the most part, trapped within her room. Other important facts about the setting include the fact that the narrator has been given the nursery, and that there are bars on her windows.

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The Yellow Wallpaper