What did the intellectual puritans use literature for

Gilman's the yellow wallpaper expresses the idea that doctors in the 19th century did not take into account the opinions and needs of mentally ill patients when treating them which line from they story best supports this theme

What is the tone in the short story tell-tale heart

In "the yellow wallpaper" what can the reader learn about the narrator from her obsession with the wallpapera that she wants to leave the houseb that she is becoming insanec that she is starting to feel betterd that she is upset with her husband