The third interesting similarity between “The Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” is that women are described through the perspective of a doctor. He does not allow her to do what she wants to do and become the person she wants to be. The husband prevents her from spending her time in the room she wants to stay in. Similarly, the woman in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’ is also not given freedom by her husband. However, she gets disappointed after discovering that her husband has not died. She says that her soul and body are finally free. When she is informed that her husband has died, she has a feeling of happiness when she imagines life without him. In ‘The Story of an Hour,’ Louise confesses that since she got married, her life has been entirely different.

The second similarity between these two stories is that the main women characters have patronizing husbands. The two stories are, therefore, similar in that the main characters are women who want freedom (Andrea 3). Consequently, her denial of freedom causes her to die of a heart attack. However, she is denied liberty during a period she needs it so much. She wants to be separated from her husband for her to live her own life. In the ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’ the main character, also a woman, is in search of freedom and stays in a room alone. He denies her freedom by forcing her to stay in a room without going out. Her husband is to be blamed for her suffering because he forces her to stay in a particular room that she does not like. In her efforts to find a solution to the problem, she moves with her husband to live in an isolated mansion, but her problem is not solved. In ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’ the main character undergoes mental depression. The first similarity between the ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ and ‘The story of an Hour’ is that the main characters look for freedom in vain. The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper Similarities This essay will compare the two stories by discussing their similarities. The main characters in the two stories are similar in the sense that they are all in search of freedom. These two stories have similarities like using rest treatment by the doctors when dealing with the conditions of the women. The short stories focus on women trying to conform to the standards of the society in their quest for freedom. “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman revolve around how men view women and their qualities. When John comes in, he finds his wife creeping around the room and faints

The title 'History of the Hour' represents an approximate time during which crucial changes took place in the lives of the main charactersĬonfident, Sarcastic, Angry, Helpless, Depressive When it turns out that her husband is still alive, she dies of a heart attack Louise realizes that she has found real freedom after the death of her husband.

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