Name
Per.
Date
Analysis Chart: The Yellow Wallpaper
Directions: Look through the reading and take notes on way that the narrator describes
important, recurring ideas or motifs. Note down specific words or phrases that she
uses to describe the ideas from both the beginning and the end, then analyze the
significance of your findings
Idea/Motif
Her room
The
wallpaper
Her illness
Textual Details
(from the
beginning)
Textual Details (from
the middle or end)
Analysis: interpret the
details - examine symbolic
meaning, connotations, etc.
Name
Idea/Motif
Her
husband
Other
caretakers
and/or
family
Herself
Her writing
Per.
Textual Details
(from the
beginning)
Date
Textual Details (from
the middle or end)
Analysis: interpret the
details - examine symbolic
meaning, connotations, etc.