The Yellow Wallpaper
The narrator spends most of her time staring at this item in her room.
In this event, the townspeople draw slips of paper to determine who will be sacrificed.
What is the lottery?
This bird, which visits the narrator, symbolizes an eternal, unanswerable question and the idea of never-ending sorrow.
What is the Raven?
This document, adopted in 1787, is the supreme law of the United States.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This is the first step in creating a budget, where you list all your income sources.
What is identifying your income?
This is the narrator’s main caregiver who insists that she stay in the room and rest.
Who is John (or her husband)?
This is the name of the character who conducts the lottery in the town.
Who is Mr. Summers?
The narrator of The Raven is struggling with the death of this person, and his conversations with the raven reflect his attempts to understand and cope with the loss.
Who is Lenore?
This U.S. president is known for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in Confederate states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This type of expense doesn't change month-to-month, like rent or car payments.
What is a fixed expense?
The story explores this issue, which involves the narrator's struggle.
What is mental health (or mental illness or depressions)?
The story takes place in a small, rural town during this time of year.
What is the summer?
This is the famous word the raven repeatedly speaks, adding to the eerie atmosphere and the narrator’s descent into madness.
What is nevermore?
This is the name of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantee individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This budgeting method involves dividing your income into categories like "needs," "wants," and "savings," with a focus on needs first.
What is the 50/30/20 rule?
The narrator is confined to a room in this type of setting, which symbolizes her mental and physical confinement.
What is a rented mansion (or the nursery)?
This object is used in the lottery to randomly select the "winner."
What is the black box?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Raven to explore the effects of this on the human mind, illustrating how these can overwhelm and consume a person.
What is grief and loss?
This person is the best teacher every in the history of the world!!
Who is Mrs. Walters?
This technique involves writing down every expense, no matter how small, to understand where your money is going.
What is tracking your expenses?
The narrator believes she sees this in the wallpaper, symbolizing her own mental deterioration and desire for freedom.
What is a woman?
This character draws the slip of paper with the black dot, ultimately becoming the victim of the lottery.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
As the poem progresses, the narrator’s demeanor shifts from curious questioning to this emotion.
What is anger (or desperation)?
This national anthem, written by Francis Scott Key, was inspired by the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
These are essential costs for living, such as housing, utilities, food, and transportation.
What are needs?