A Women's Prison
Repression is the string that connects the two stories The Yellow Wallpaper, and The Story Of An Hour, in both stories the main characters are women, and both are in a sense shackled by their spouses, unable to live the lives that they want to live. The women in both stories experience extreme emotion and in both stories the women experience liberation, but are in reality trapped in an illusion that when broken breaks the mind and heart.
The Story Of An Hour is a tale of a woman who is able to free herself from the shackles of the institution of marriage Mrs. Mallard upon hearing the news of the death of her husband experiences liberation that brings such joy, that when taken away leads to her tragic death “But she saw …show more content…
He knows there is no reason to suffer and that satisfies him.”(Stetson) the difference between the two stories is mental vs. physical health where in “The Yellow Wallpaper” the Narrator suffers from depression, and some sort of psychotic instability therefore as her husband continues to ignore her suffering her symptoms worsen which inevitably leads to a psychotic break. In “The Story Of An Hour” Mrs. Mallard can not physically sustain the emotional hurricane that has been wrought upon her with the news of her husband's death. Feelings of joy brought upon feelings of guilt and it was at the stage of acceptance of her new reality that her world was torn to shreds when her husband appeared at her doorway, she succumbed to the overwhelming emotion and died of a heart …show more content…
Both deceits end up causing mayhem and in the case of “The Story Of An Hour” the lies end up leading to death. Only after having applied a Freudian and Feminist criticism can one begin to unravel the layers of complexity that reside within these stories, for like the void the issues depicted in these stories are abyssal, ancient, and still prominent in today's society. To see the entrapment of women through a woman's perspective is an awakening experience, and given the similar nature of both stories one can see a pattern in what leads to the development of ingenuous feelings towards one's partner. Suffocation seems to be an appearing issue within “The Yellow Wallpaper” the desire to exert control over women is shown by both The Narrator's husband and brother, both of whom disregard her and her opinion in favor of their own “I have a schedule prescription for each hour in
Repression is the string that connects the two stories The Yellow Wallpaper, and The Story Of An Hour, in both stories the main characters are women, and both are in a sense shackled by their spouses, unable to live the lives that they want to live. The women in both stories experience extreme emotion and in both stories the women experience liberation, but are in reality trapped in an illusion that when broken breaks the mind and heart.
The Story Of An Hour is a tale of a woman who is able to free herself from the shackles of the institution of marriage Mrs. Mallard upon hearing the news of the death of her husband experiences liberation that brings such joy, that when taken away leads to her tragic death “But she saw …show more content…
He knows there is no reason to suffer and that satisfies him.”(Stetson) the difference between the two stories is mental vs. physical health where in “The Yellow Wallpaper” the Narrator suffers from depression, and some sort of psychotic instability therefore as her husband continues to ignore her suffering her symptoms worsen which inevitably leads to a psychotic break. In “The Story Of An Hour” Mrs. Mallard can not physically sustain the emotional hurricane that has been wrought upon her with the news of her husband's death. Feelings of joy brought upon feelings of guilt and it was at the stage of acceptance of her new reality that her world was torn to shreds when her husband appeared at her doorway, she succumbed to the overwhelming emotion and died of a heart …show more content…
Both deceits end up causing mayhem and in the case of “The Story Of An Hour” the lies end up leading to death. Only after having applied a Freudian and Feminist criticism can one begin to unravel the layers of complexity that reside within these stories, for like the void the issues depicted in these stories are abyssal, ancient, and still prominent in today's society. To see the entrapment of women through a woman's perspective is an awakening experience, and given the similar nature of both stories one can see a pattern in what leads to the development of ingenuous feelings towards one's partner. Suffocation seems to be an appearing issue within “The Yellow Wallpaper” the desire to exert control over women is shown by both The Narrator's husband and brother, both of whom disregard her and her opinion in favor of their own “I have a schedule prescription for each hour in