Cc Essay
Yang Liushen(Young)
Compare and contrast essay- final essay
July 18th 2013
Professor Vassallo
The Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily Both stories, “The Story of an Hour,” and “A Rose for Emily,” play very important roles in American literature. “The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894. The story describes how Mrs. Louise Mallard felt after she heard the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Mrs. Mallard realized that she lived unhappy with her husband, and that she would get more freedom when she became a widow. Finally she died because of shock when Mr. Mallard came back. “A Rose for Emily” is a short story by William Faulkner first published in 1930. The whole story is about a woman, Emily, who became reliant on others because of her father’s control, and then fell in love with a day labourer who came from the North. She tried to married him, but the man did not become a couple with her. Emily poisoned her lover and slept beside him for several years. “A Rose for Emily” and “the Story of An Hour” shares differences and similarities regarding the emotional problems which both characters have, Emily and Mrs. Mallard have hopes which unfilled, and different desires of life which two personages have.
Both characters have emotional issues. In the 19th century women always have mentally illnesses. In A Rose for Emily, readers can find out that Emily really becomes crazy at the end of the story. Although William Faulkner did not tell readers that Emily Grierson who killed her lover, Homer Barron, most readers might believe that she poisoned Homer Barron. Also, in the end of story, a group of people discovered that Homer’s body was in a secret room of Emily’s house, and beside the body they found a strand of “iron-grey hair” which as same as Emily’s hair. For all the details that Faulkner gives in the story, Emily might have suffered from mental disease. For example, after her father died she cut
Compare and contrast essay- final essay
July 18th 2013
Professor Vassallo
The Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily Both stories, “The Story of an Hour,” and “A Rose for Emily,” play very important roles in American literature. “The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894. The story describes how Mrs. Louise Mallard felt after she heard the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Mrs. Mallard realized that she lived unhappy with her husband, and that she would get more freedom when she became a widow. Finally she died because of shock when Mr. Mallard came back. “A Rose for Emily” is a short story by William Faulkner first published in 1930. The whole story is about a woman, Emily, who became reliant on others because of her father’s control, and then fell in love with a day labourer who came from the North. She tried to married him, but the man did not become a couple with her. Emily poisoned her lover and slept beside him for several years. “A Rose for Emily” and “the Story of An Hour” shares differences and similarities regarding the emotional problems which both characters have, Emily and Mrs. Mallard have hopes which unfilled, and different desires of life which two personages have.
Both characters have emotional issues. In the 19th century women always have mentally illnesses. In A Rose for Emily, readers can find out that Emily really becomes crazy at the end of the story. Although William Faulkner did not tell readers that Emily Grierson who killed her lover, Homer Barron, most readers might believe that she poisoned Homer Barron. Also, in the end of story, a group of people discovered that Homer’s body was in a secret room of Emily’s house, and beside the body they found a strand of “iron-grey hair” which as same as Emily’s hair. For all the details that Faulkner gives in the story, Emily might have suffered from mental disease. For example, after her father died she cut