Compare the psychological burdens the characters face and how these burdens help create or reinforce the central conflict in three short stories. Each notation in the left hand column corresponds to the notation in the right hand column. Try this format when brainstorming ideas, charting the flow of your essay from paragraph to paragraph, or checking whether each section of the essay directly relates back to the thesis. She gets confused with which sickness she has.
Narrator develops obsession with the wallpaper.
Obsession keeps her focus away from getting well. John keeps narrator in a bedroom. John doesn't want to admit his wife is ill. Narrator's condition doesn't get correct diagnosis or treatment.