Comparing 'Story Of An Hour And Mary'

When William was alive he always said to Mary what to do and he maked rules for her like not smoke cigarettes. William said in his letter “Be good when I am gone, and always remember that it is harder to be a widow than a wife. Do not drink cocktails. Do not waste money. Do not smoke cigarettes. Do not eat pastry. Do not use lipstick. Do not buy a television. Keep my rose beds and my rockery will weeded in the summers. And incidentally I suggest that you have the telephone disconnected now I shall have no further use for it” (Dahl 189). William what too strict to Mary when they were living together and after he died, he left the same. He wrote rules that she needs to do after he is dead. It is shocking that William was thinking about rule for
Both short stories have women that had unhappy with their husbands, and they feel that after death of their loved ones they can be free and happy. Louise is thinking of the future without Brendy as well as Mary is making plans for the upcoming future without William. Now when Louise is free she feels that she is happy because her husband is dead. She cannot decide what is stronger, her happiness of free life or sadness because her husband dead. Unlike is Mary that does not feel sorrow for her husband. She feels freedom and happiness that she can now do everything she wants. Mary gets revenge after years of unhappy marriage, now William is just a brain that she can control and do everything she wants to him. Different is Louise, when she sees Brendy her heart cannot handle the happiness and sadness so she died of a heart attack. Love can bring joy and happy moments, but also it can