Madness in Literature

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Across
  1. 8. color of the maddening wallpaper
  2. 9. murderer of King Hamlet
  3. 12. mother-in-law and spiritual leader
  4. 13. her fury blurs reason
  5. 15. romantic interest of the female protagonist
  6. 16. haunted by the past
  7. 17. American novelist
  8. 18. is literally a ghost
  9. 19. Jason's new bride
Down
  1. 1. Sethe's daughter
  2. 2. they provide commentary
  3. 3. a prince who seeks to avenge his father
  4. 4. symbol of the narrator's psychological descent
  5. 5. emotional trigger that spirals into madness across all four works.
  6. 6. English playwright
  7. 7. catalyst for the narrator's descent into madness
  8. 10. Danish castle
  9. 11. self-serving husband
  10. 14. Greek tragedian