6TH GRADE The Oval Portrait

What feelings did the narrator have for the oval portrait?

The painter's wife hates his paintings because they take all of his TIME/MONEY .

The painter's wife SLEEPS/ DIES while her husband paints her portrait

Looking at his finished portrait of his wife, he thinks she looks BEAUTIFUL/ ALIVE.

Nearly completed, the portrait makes the painter almost MAD/HAPPY

What feelings does the painter have for his work?

The eyes of the woman in the portrait fill the narrator with SURPRISE/ SADNESS at first, but later with HAPPINESS/ HORROR.

The servant lights the FIRE/LAMP next to his employer's bed.

What feelings does the young woman have for her husband?

The painter's wife is becoming FAMOUS/ UNHEALTHY, but he never notices.

The painter loves his WIFE/ WORK more than anything in the world