It’s no secret that women and men differ in more ways than one. It’s also no secret that women are seen as inferior to men, along with more expectations than men. Women are portrayed by the media as objects that males have power over. Media tells us that there are standards a women must live up to if she wants to be the perfect girl. These absurd ideas create women to believe that they are worthless and not good enough. That feeling of worthlessness and not being good enough is what fuels the emotions and actions of the two women in our story. Just like the real world, their stories depict the obstacles that women face everyday. The two authors use pain and insecurity to provide awareness of those difficulties—something everyone should be aware of.
Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an …show more content…
Her husband had died in a terrible car accident. She locks herself in her room to mourn her loss. A total of one hour passes. Within that hour, Mrs. Mallard starts to understand that the passing of her husband is not something to dwell on, but rather to be excited about. She whispers to herself over and over again that she is free from his abusive nature and she can live for herself. Mrs. Mallard’s aunt is yelling for her to come out of her room, and feeling a lot better about things, she does. Downstairs her supposedly dead husband walks through the door, horrifying everyone, especially his wife. She ends up dying of a heart attack after seeing her husband. Chopin’s lesson she is trying to get across is: Don’t let anyone walk all over you or control and abuse you—it could wind up hurting you permanently.
Katherine Mansfield’s “A Cup of Tea” does not have such a vulgar and depressed mood like Chopin’s story. Both stories portray pain, but in different ways. In “The Story of an Hour,: Kate Chopin writes about pain being a physical burden to her protagonist. By contrast, “A Cup of Tea” exhibits the struggle of pain as an internal matter completely.
Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an …show more content…
Her husband had died in a terrible car accident. She locks herself in her room to mourn her loss. A total of one hour passes. Within that hour, Mrs. Mallard starts to understand that the passing of her husband is not something to dwell on, but rather to be excited about. She whispers to herself over and over again that she is free from his abusive nature and she can live for herself. Mrs. Mallard’s aunt is yelling for her to come out of her room, and feeling a lot better about things, she does. Downstairs her supposedly dead husband walks through the door, horrifying everyone, especially his wife. She ends up dying of a heart attack after seeing her husband. Chopin’s lesson she is trying to get across is: Don’t let anyone walk all over you or control and abuse you—it could wind up hurting you permanently.
Katherine Mansfield’s “A Cup of Tea” does not have such a vulgar and depressed mood like Chopin’s story. Both stories portray pain, but in different ways. In “The Story of an Hour,: Kate Chopin writes about pain being a physical burden to her protagonist. By contrast, “A Cup of Tea” exhibits the struggle of pain as an internal matter completely.