In “The Story of an Hour” By Kate Chopin, and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, both husbands are displayed to be how male figures in reality were in the 19th century. Both husbands show similarities of actions by demonstrating dominance and control within society, appeared to have love for their wives, but also present how oppression against women played a big role in that era. In the two short stories both of the husband figures demonstrated dominance and control within the society
In the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” the author sets the mood that a couple is going away on a vacation in a mansion. “The Story of an Hour” is set up as a wife is home waiting for her husband to come home from work. The main character in both stories are women that mainly sit in one room of their house. The authors of both stories have similar and different background sitting places in the stories. In the “The Yellow Wallpaper” the author tries to convince the reader that a husband and wife is going
Compare and Contrast of the Story of an Hour and the Yellow Wall Paper In this essay I will be comparing the two short stories “The Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. “The Story of an Hour”, written by Kate Chopin, is centered around a woman by the name Louise Mallard and her reaction after being informed of her husbands “death”, On the other hand “The Yellow Wallpaper” Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is about Jane, A young, newly married mother who at the time is undergoing care because