The story is about a young mother's mental deterioration, postpartum depression, in which she is advised, based on medical theories that her husband, as a high standing physician, gave to her, "to abstain from any and all physical activity and intellectual stimulation", which included reading, writing or taking care of her new baby ("The Yellow Wallpaper" 277). ... The story is written in first person, for the unnamed protagonist is the narrator telling the story through her journal that she was hiding from her husband because it was against the "rest cure"....

• Word Count: 2447
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

Poe's style of writing is almost always associated with death, in which the protagonists are exposed to supernatural occurrences. ... The Philadelphia Saturday Courier published five of his stories after he entered a writing contest (May 1808). ... Moving back and forth from New York to Philadelphia, he was the editor for the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine and The Broadway Journal (May 1808). ...

• Word Count: 2349
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School