Gender Roles In The Story Of An Hour

Over the years, women have grown more value in society.“ Men and women have roles-their roles are different, but their rights are equal.”-Harri Holkeri. In the two stories, “The Story of an Hour” and “A Jury of her Peers” the readers find these stories have much in common and how the writers feel about women during this time. For example, in “The Story of an Hour” tells the readers about a woman who has heart troubles and is informed bout her husband who was killed in an accident. Instead of her mourning over her husband, she seems relieved. In the next story, “A Jury of Her Peers,” tells the readers about two women who are accompanying their husbands in a crime scene to investigate a crime. The two women are left alone in the kitchen and they seem to find clues that would help the case. In the stories the central theme is gender roles, the role of gender is extremely important to define the central conflict to the main characters. …show more content…
Mallard with a really bad heart condition. Which means if she was startled with any kind of bad or good news she could pass away.When the news got around her sister Josephine, that Mrs. Mallards husband was killed in an accident, Josephine sits her sister down to tell her about the news of her husband. Mrs. Mallard fount out the news, but she acts differently than most woman would when they fount out their husband was killed. Mrs. Mallard cried passionately before going up to her room to be by herself. When she arrives to her room