Compare And Contrast A Rose For Emily And The Story Of An Hour
In Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily both leading ladies seemed to live in a time period where the men had all the control in their lives. A time where the males were dominating and the women were just for home and decoration. Although both women were greatly affected by the men in their lives, each handled the situation and grew differently from the other. Louise Mallard, in Story of an Hour, was a young women living in time not meant for her. She was married to her husband, Brently Mallard, and by all appearances was in love and happy. Mrs. Mallard believed that she was not living her life the way she should have been. Louise gave the feeling of discontent with her thoughts of, “There would be no one to live for her during those coming
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Each woman responded differently than the other. Both were limited socially because of how they grew up and the time period each story took place in. Emily was impaired socially because her father kept her from getting a husband by believing that no one was ever good enough. She craved companionship so bad that she went to great lengths to no be alone the rest of her life. When she made up her mind to kill her believed fiancé, Homer, she made sure that she would never be alone again. The towns people became aware of a dead male body in a shine of sorts where beside was a pillow obviously slept on with a hair from Emily’s head (Faulkner 306). With everything that has happened to her she goes into a depression and turns into a recluse. Louise being born when she did was expected to love her duties as a woman and do what her husband expected. Although, it seems that she did not dislike her husband she just did not want to be married and to do what he wanted. The reader could tell there was some sort of kinship between her and her husband when Chopin says “she knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death...” (279). She also tried to change her ways a little bit by staying with her husband. She could have left and been seen badly in societies eyes, yet she stayed. The two women both socially and mentally limited were just handling things the way they thought they
Each woman responded differently than the other. Both were limited socially because of how they grew up and the time period each story took place in. Emily was impaired socially because her father kept her from getting a husband by believing that no one was ever good enough. She craved companionship so bad that she went to great lengths to no be alone the rest of her life. When she made up her mind to kill her believed fiancé, Homer, she made sure that she would never be alone again. The towns people became aware of a dead male body in a shine of sorts where beside was a pillow obviously slept on with a hair from Emily’s head (Faulkner 306). With everything that has happened to her she goes into a depression and turns into a recluse. Louise being born when she did was expected to love her duties as a woman and do what her husband expected. Although, it seems that she did not dislike her husband she just did not want to be married and to do what he wanted. The reader could tell there was some sort of kinship between her and her husband when Chopin says “she knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death...” (279). She also tried to change her ways a little bit by staying with her husband. She could have left and been seen badly in societies eyes, yet she stayed. The two women both socially and mentally limited were just handling things the way they thought they