In “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard spends her time in her room “she cloud sees in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life” (Chopin p.278). The spring weather reflects a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard and away from her husband’s shadow. In “A Rose for Emily,” the setting takes place in Ms. Grierson’s house. “Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay” (Faulkner p.299). Ms. Grierson house reflects her life a not moving forward but being stuck in the
