Complicated Lives Everyone has an idea of how life should go, but usually it never works out just as planned. In this case both the lives of Delia and Louise were quite complicated. Most people want to find their soul mate and marry the love of their life. Others would rather be by themselves and be independent. Different people have different outlooks on life. Sometimes for either person it does not work out as intended. Here is a close examination of the way Delia, the protagonist of “Sweat” by Kate Chopin, and Louise, the protagonist of “The Story of the Hour” by Zora Neale Hurston, shows the difficulties of married woman. First, Delia pride fully overcomes her harsh realities by sticking by her strong beliefs. Marriage for Delia was
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Louise’s marriage was the total opposite of Delia’s situation. Louise was married to a man who adored her dearly. The narrator states, “ She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with upon her, fixed and gray and dead” (Chopin 517). Although in her selfish ways that was not enough for Louise, she wanted more. She did not like the idea of being owned by a man and wanted a life of her own. Louise’s heart was weak in many ways. The health of her heart was not good and caused many of her problems. Not only was the health of heart weak but spiritually she was a weak person. Chopin states, “She did not hear the story as many woman have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance” (516). Louise had a very cold heart and would rather think of her husband’s death as a gift. She was being unappreciative to her husband’s life. When the death of her husband proved to be false she was too weak to live through the circumstances. Independence was something Louise wanted badly, although she was dependent and practically owned by her husband. If she were able to get out of this marriage she would still be dependent on her husband’s money instead of working for it. The narrator states, “There would be no powerful will bending her in that blind persistence” (Chopin 517). Louise simply just wanted to be “free” from
Louise’s marriage was the total opposite of Delia’s situation. Louise was married to a man who adored her dearly. The narrator states, “ She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with upon her, fixed and gray and dead” (Chopin 517). Although in her selfish ways that was not enough for Louise, she wanted more. She did not like the idea of being owned by a man and wanted a life of her own. Louise’s heart was weak in many ways. The health of her heart was not good and caused many of her problems. Not only was the health of heart weak but spiritually she was a weak person. Chopin states, “She did not hear the story as many woman have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance” (516). Louise had a very cold heart and would rather think of her husband’s death as a gift. She was being unappreciative to her husband’s life. When the death of her husband proved to be false she was too weak to live through the circumstances. Independence was something Louise wanted badly, although she was dependent and practically owned by her husband. If she were able to get out of this marriage she would still be dependent on her husband’s money instead of working for it. The narrator states, “There would be no powerful will bending her in that blind persistence” (Chopin 517). Louise simply just wanted to be “free” from