'Well The Fourth Of July Is Over !'

One of the first literary devices in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the setting of the short story. The setting seems to be set in the late nineteenth century in North America during the Victorian Era from how the society’s expectations are towards women. In the short story at stanza 84, “Well, the Fourth of July is over!” tells the readers that this story is set after the Fourth of July and maybe the beginning of August since the narrator is being treated. The main events of this story occurs in an old nursery room within the vacation house according to stanza 32, “It was nursery first and then playroom and gymnasium, I should judge.” According to stanza one in the story, “It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure