In the story, “Story of an hour,” Mrs. Mallard receives news of her husband’s death on a railway. It is mentioned in the beginning or the story that Mrs. Mallard has heart troubles, which foreshadows the climax of the story. “Knowing that Mrs. …show more content…
Mr. Gradwitz is patrolling the woods looking out for, not an animal, but his rival, Mr. Znaeym. “..to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but to keep a lookout for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of being afoot from across the land boundary..” The Znaeym’s continued to cross the borders of their lands throughout the feud and tonight Gradwitz was planning on ending their streak. Though, when he came face to face with Znaeym, he started to second guess himself. “ But a man who …show more content…
The two men decided, if they were to be able to help each other and get out alive, they would put the feud behind them and be comrades. ““Neighbor,” he said presently, “do as you please if your men come first. It was a fair compact. But as for me, I’ve changed my mind. If my men are the first to come, you shall be the first to be helped, as though you were my guest.”” Then Gradwitz spotted some figures coming towards them. The men were comforted in the fact that they were to be saved, when Gradwitz realized, the figures were wolves. The story ends there, leaving yourself to your imagination.
In both of the stories, the characters have a conflict that they solve, Mrs. Mallard, being set free from her bondage, and the two men overcoming their long family feud. They all seem to be in good shape. Until the unexpected happens, her husband returns home, and the men are discovered by wolves. The stories are different, however, by who the characters are, female and males, trapped by an unbearable bondage, and caught in a family feud. Though there are some differences, the stories seem to have the same outline. Trapped,