When looking at two 19th-century works of change for two women in American society, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Stephen Crane come to mind. A feminist socialist and realist novelist capture moments that cause their readers to rethink life and the world around them. Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" was first published in 1892, about a middle-class white woman who was confined to an upstairs bedroom by her husband and doctor. The wallpaper in the room traps her and breaks free when she tears off the wallpaper. the end of the story. On the other hand, Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) is a realistic account of a young New York girl and her trials of growing up with an alcoholic mother and a slum world. The images in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets use color in unconventional ways by integrating color into their narratives to symbolize the opposite of their shared meanings, allowing these colors to represent unique associations; support their thematic concerns related to emotional, mental and societal challenges throughout their stories; offering their readers the opportunity to question the conventionality of gender and social systems. The use of color in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephan Crane is crucial when considering the setting of the story; the repeated use of red is significant in describing Maggie's mother, Mary, and the importance of color in depicting the social system throughout history. As we can see when Maggie and Pete go to the theater, parts of the play parallel the lives of ordinary people: "The latter spent most of his time outside soaking in pale green snowstorms, busy with a nickel-plated revolver. , re...... middle of paper ...... and fear of the domesticity in which she is imprisoned. These ideas only reiterate the 19th century idea of ​​the gilded cage and the association of all that is bad in a society represented by the trappings of domestic life. The color symbolism in Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" share associations of gender, society, and the realism of the woman's sphere in a changing and evolving commercial society. As the societal changes of the 19th century moved closer to industrialism, naturalism, and the rise of new class taboos such as mental illness and poverty, they moved away from an ideal Victorian society, industrialization manufacturing industry and production. goods and thoughts are most representative through the writings of Crane and Gilman as well as other 19th century writers.