Louise Mallard In The Story Of An Hour

Louise Mallard is the protagonist in “Story of an Hour”, in the story her husband dies in a train accident; at first she does the usual thing and mourns the death of husband but Louise feels a monstrous joy while sitting in her room instead of mourning. This joy scares her when the feeling overtakes her. She tells herself that it is wrong and she should be upset about her husband's demise but continues to be joyful. On the other hand Mary Maloney, the protagonist in “Lamb to the Slaughter”, is the kind and loving wife to her husband Patrick Maloney. Her husband is a police officer and after conveying bad news to his wife and Mary Maloney does the unexpected; she murders her husband with a leg of lamb that she was going to prepare for dinner.