1. The role of women in society is shown throughout the stories to be a caretaker. Her role is to be a devoted wife and mother. In the, “Story of an hour”, a women after years of marriage is simply seeking freedom from her marriage. Her role is to be a devoted wife yet all she wanted was freedom. In, “The Judges Wife”, a women is portrayed as being non independent and in need of a man. The women marries a man not because she loves him but because he could provide a good stable life for her. “Regret” showed how a women has natural maternal instincts to be a caretaker. The story, “Regret”, showed how emotionally broken the women was but covered it up with a hard demeanor. Women in these stories were not portrayed as strong individuals but as
