Yellow Wallpaper Background

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Across
  1. 2. A style of fiction featuring decaying settings and psychological horror.
  2. 5. What the "woman behind the wallpaper" represents.
  3. 6. One of the key themes, symbolized by the protagonist’s struggle for self-expression.
  4. 8. The author of The Yellow Wallpaper.
  5. 11. The movement advocating for women's right to vote.
  6. 12. A critique of medical practices aimed at treating women’s mental health issues.
  7. 14. Women were largely confined to this sphere, emphasizing roles and wives and mothers.
  8. 15. Physical or emotional restriction, symbolized in the story by the wallpaper.
Down
  1. 1. The social system where men hold primary power.
  2. 2. A prominent theme in the story related to women’s limited societal roles.
  3. 3. Term for the psychological diagnosis historically used to describe emotional or physical distress in women.
  4. 4. The narrative style of the story that closely follows the protagonist's thoughts.
  5. 7. What the wallpaper in the story symbolizes.
  6. 9. The state often caused by physical and emotional isolation in the story.
  7. 10. Rest cure was the treatment for hysteria that involved_____ and enforced idleness, which are both criticized in the story.
  8. 13. The amendment granting women the right to vote.