The Yellow Wallpaper
Across
- 4. A yellow chemical element whose pale shade describes part of the wallpaper's color.
- 5. Passed down through a family from one generation to another, like an estate.
- 9. The main decorative element covering the nursery walls that the narrator tears down.
- 11. Not alive; showing no signs of life.
- 12. A large, grand house where the summer estate is located.
- 13. A traditional architectural style of the mansion rented for the summer.
Down
- 1. A dirty smudge, stain, or rubbed streak left along the wall.
- 2. The large room at the top of the house originally built for young children.
- 3. Moving slowly and stealthily along the floor or behind the paper.
- 5. Characterized by unmanageable fear or emotional excess; a term used to describe the narrator's nervous condition.
- 6. A repeated decorative design on wallpaper or fabric.
- 7. Fat, round, or bulging, like the eyes staring from the pattern.
- 8. The profession of both John and the narrator's brother.
- 10. The sickly color of the bedroom paper that intensely bothers the narrator.