The setiing of the story

The events in the analyzed text take place in the late 1800s in an upstairs room of a mansion rented for the summer by the narrator and her husband. The setting of the events in the given extract is realistic and fantastic at the same time. It is presented in a specific way. It provides a background for action and contributes to our understanding of the characters and embodies the main idea. The author makes use of great variety of epithets and metaphors in order to describe the mansion, especially the room the protagonist spends her time.