The first part of your paper will give a brief background and relevant biographical information about Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 3. In the second part of your paper, you will discuss the significance of historical setting on the story you have chosen. How does the time period influence the story? Example: The Yellow Wallpaper, you might look at the treatment of mental illness in the nineteenth century or the role of women in the nineteenth century. 4. Your conclusion for this paper will be to relate the story to today. Are there themes that, although the times have changed dramatically, remain the same for people today? This is the same idea we have been talking about in class this semester: the Human Experience that remains consistent for all people despite those things that make us different: time, place, ethnicity, gender, etc