How do you feel the house and its remoteness affected its different residents?

For some characters, the yellow house is a place of refuge and inspiration, for others, an isolated site of captivity. How do you feel the house and its remoteness affected its residents?

Wouldn't that depend on one's personality or certain passages of one's life? The woods give one a chance to live alone with the land and the silence would allow for reflection, examining one's life, and appreciating nature for some and for others, it may stifle creativity because of loneliness. We are all so different in our approach to living and we differ in our philosophies as well.

It was a place of refuge for some, such as the original pair of lovers, the young mother and child abducted by the Indians,the slave woman and her baby, and William and Nash in their brief love affair. For others it seemed to be a prison that kept them from knowing about the rest of the world. Alice and Mary Osgood seemed trapped in the farm, as was Lillian, waiting for her son to return.
Being isolated affected each resident differently, according to their experiences and emotions.

It seems like the residents all knew that the property would be a remote one, given its location and its acreage. And they ended up buying it anyway, or in the case of several, inhabiting it without ownership. So for many, its remoteness was a lifesaver, like for the slave and baby. And for the Osgoods, it started out as a happy home, with the creation of the orchard, and then ended up as the sisters’ final resting place, though not a peaceful one. Definitely its remoteness affected them all differently, depending on what they were seeking.

The house was a sanctuary for some and always was a possibility of a good life but it was stifling for others. I loved how we know the house better collectively than each main character.

The remoteness was a positive for many, and for others it was a trap.

I think most sought out that house for its remoteness. They were either running and wanted solitude, or they were just beginning and wanted the surrounding land.

The remote location, while a refuge to some, struck me as a sad place to be no matter how well the character was functioning in life. The isolation prevented any sense of community and in my opinion many of the characters actually declined as they moved to this place in the woods. It provided a place for dysfunction to thrive and there was not a lot of happiness portrayed.