Two stories. Three people. All on a journey. One on a life journey, the other on a journey to end a life. One a story of heartbreak, the other a story of a rivalry that is given up for a friendship.
In this essay, we will be taking a look at the differences and similarities that can be found in two stories: “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Interlopers” by Saki. We will examine the big and small, the major and minor differences and similarities between these two short stories, and some thoughts and feeling that these characters may have had during their story. However, before we can do that, we must first introduce the stories, their characters, and what the stories are about.
The first story that I would like to talk about …show more content…
What isn’t quite so self-evident is the conflict Louise has with herself in “The Story of an Hour”, where it reads how she "was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will—as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.” Louise knows that she should feel pain and sadness at the loss of her husband, but she can't help but feel somewhat happy and free because he is gone, like I talked about in the first …show more content…
Ulrich and Georg had set out to kill one another, but instead they are both killed by wolves. It was used in “The Story of an Hour” to show how Mrs. Mallard is happy rather than sad for her husband’s death. Both stories also used foreshadowing. In “The Story of an Hour”, Mrs Mallard hears the news of her husband’s death and seems more joyful than devastated, welcoming life more freely. But when it is revealed that her husband is actually alive and well, Mrs. Mallard has that joy taken and she dies. The hint that this would happen is in the first paragraph where there is mention of Louise Mallard having “heart troubles.” This should be taken as more meaningful than just the idea that she is unhealthy. It reinforces the troubles that she has been having with her heart in marriage.
In “The Interlopers”, the two men that were hunting each other became trapped underneath a tree branch and were hunted by wolves in the end. And the clue that THIS would happen is in the beginning of the story, when the narrator says that the men were acting more like wolves rather than humans, out hunting their enemies at
In this essay, we will be taking a look at the differences and similarities that can be found in two stories: “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Interlopers” by Saki. We will examine the big and small, the major and minor differences and similarities between these two short stories, and some thoughts and feeling that these characters may have had during their story. However, before we can do that, we must first introduce the stories, their characters, and what the stories are about.
The first story that I would like to talk about …show more content…
What isn’t quite so self-evident is the conflict Louise has with herself in “The Story of an Hour”, where it reads how she "was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will—as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.” Louise knows that she should feel pain and sadness at the loss of her husband, but she can't help but feel somewhat happy and free because he is gone, like I talked about in the first …show more content…
Ulrich and Georg had set out to kill one another, but instead they are both killed by wolves. It was used in “The Story of an Hour” to show how Mrs. Mallard is happy rather than sad for her husband’s death. Both stories also used foreshadowing. In “The Story of an Hour”, Mrs Mallard hears the news of her husband’s death and seems more joyful than devastated, welcoming life more freely. But when it is revealed that her husband is actually alive and well, Mrs. Mallard has that joy taken and she dies. The hint that this would happen is in the first paragraph where there is mention of Louise Mallard having “heart troubles.” This should be taken as more meaningful than just the idea that she is unhealthy. It reinforces the troubles that she has been having with her heart in marriage.
In “The Interlopers”, the two men that were hunting each other became trapped underneath a tree branch and were hunted by wolves in the end. And the clue that THIS would happen is in the beginning of the story, when the narrator says that the men were acting more like wolves rather than humans, out hunting their enemies at