I am seeing a major difference in just the way the stories start. As the beauty of the cottage is emphasized from the tranquil setting that it lies in, the beauty of trees and flowers described as a paradise–” and with all this fairyland of un and shadow, the free immensity of our view, and the dainty comfort of the cottagette.”. In the yellow wallpaper–“It is quite alone, standing well back from the road.” followed by–” I am afraid, but I don’t care–there is something strange about the house–I can feel it.”. As the transformation of the two places takes place, there is an uneasiness expressed by both characters. The cottagette, is described (from the implementation of the kitchen).  “When I was ready to sit down the freshness of the morning was gone somehow. Before, when I woke up, there was only the clean wood smell of the house and then the blessed out-of-doors: now I always felt the call of the kitchen as soon as I woke. An oil stove will smell a little,”—–well you know if you cook in a bedroom how it makes the room smell differently. In the yellow wallpaper she describes the paper in the room as–“On a pattern like this, by daylight, there is a lack of sequence, a defiance of law, that is a constant irritant to a normal mind. The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing.” then “It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream.  Lastly I would like to point out what I feel is the liberating moments in each ending. The cottagette, Malda is proposed to by a man who will do the cooking so that she would be able continue her musical and writing profession. In the yellow wallpaper The woman in the wall is finally freed to never be put back again.

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