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Essay Comparing The Yellow Wallpaper And The Story Of An Hour

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In the stories of the “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Story of an Hour” are about two women who want their own freedom. But during this time there were many Feminist views of women trying to come out, and make a difference for themselves. The women didn’t have much of a say in the community, because of how society was during that time period. The women start to discover the freedom they may have. So, in the story of “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Story of an Hour” the reasons the two stories are similar are, both the main characters want their freedom from their husband. Why, because each one wanted to live a life they haven’t experienced with all the freedom they can have. In both the stories the husband had a lot of control over what their wives did. The husband in “The Yellow Wallpaper” was a physician. He wasn’t a bad man he was just looking out for her. But the narrator’s husband controlled her physically and mentally. …show more content…

Mallard heart. The chair is where she sat in for most of the story. It was where she thinks about her freedom and her oppressive life. She felt this feeling of relief go through her. She finally felt free from part of her life where she was always told what to do. The weak heart that Louise had played a key role throughout the story. With the news of her husbands passing, would just make her heart problems a more frightening situation for the family. But they believed she passed away from her loss of the independence she was about to receive. The open window symbols the freedom, and new opportunities that she finally gets to experience after the loss of her husband. While she looks out the window, she starts to experience these scenes on a warm sunny day, and the people around were all happy. With the thought she was having she was experiencing her new life that was going to begin. But then as she came out of her daydream she loses her

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