“The Yellow Wallpaper,” and “The Story of an Hour” are just as relatable today as they were when written; this is because the institution of marriage and it’s relation to male oppression still exists and will continue to as long as there are internal and physical differences in men and women. The authors in these stories have assigned roles to the characters they write about just like society does with men and women. The characters in the short stories behave as most would if placed in the same scenario. Even though their personality have been written for them, the characters struggle to find their identity and in my opinion this is related to gender oppression. Roles and the expectations we place on them dominates the theme of the two stories
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When she discovers her husband is not dead, she suffers from a heart attack; a heart which was likely to be weakened by the restrictions in her life. Mrs. Mallard loved her husband, they were the typical working class family but when she realized that her life would no longer be manipulated by her husband she felt as she says, “free.” Mustafa Aslan in the article, “A Feminist Analysis on The Story of an Hour” describes how Mrs. Mallard felt after hearing the news of her husband’s death. “Since her life is comprised within her husband hands, now she realizes that she should form a novel life within her own hands.” The idea of making her own decisions excited her so that it killed her. Not to say she didn’t love her husband, she cried madly over her husband’s death, and then goes to her room and sits in front of an open window which is ironic because she feels now that her life is open to new opportunities and her mind to new ideas. She dies from the shock to her heart and I believe this story to be so relatable because the feeling of freedom that comes over her. These twos stories, in my opinion, do a great job in illustrating the oppression of women and classic sexism. The short stories are feminist masterpieces that give meaning to the spirit of man verses
When she discovers her husband is not dead, she suffers from a heart attack; a heart which was likely to be weakened by the restrictions in her life. Mrs. Mallard loved her husband, they were the typical working class family but when she realized that her life would no longer be manipulated by her husband she felt as she says, “free.” Mustafa Aslan in the article, “A Feminist Analysis on The Story of an Hour” describes how Mrs. Mallard felt after hearing the news of her husband’s death. “Since her life is comprised within her husband hands, now she realizes that she should form a novel life within her own hands.” The idea of making her own decisions excited her so that it killed her. Not to say she didn’t love her husband, she cried madly over her husband’s death, and then goes to her room and sits in front of an open window which is ironic because she feels now that her life is open to new opportunities and her mind to new ideas. She dies from the shock to her heart and I believe this story to be so relatable because the feeling of freedom that comes over her. These twos stories, in my opinion, do a great job in illustrating the oppression of women and classic sexism. The short stories are feminist masterpieces that give meaning to the spirit of man verses