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Compare and contrast The story of an Hour and A rose for Emily

Comparison and Contrast: Emily vs Louise

Short stories the story of an Hour and A rose for Emily are story about two different lives of two women: both of them with strict men in their lives. One of the women is married and the other wishes to be married. Both of these stories end in death. One woman is looking for love and the other with so much hate that it killed her.

In A rose for Emily, Emily is strictly ruled by her father and was not allowed to have other men in her live. For example, when Emily's father died, she was so worried about being alone that she did not want them to take his body. Later, when her boyfriend tried to leave her, she killed him and his body was not discovered until after she died. Whereas, in the story of an Hour, Mrs. Mallard has a man in her life and she wishes he was not. The reader can tell from her thoughts that her husband was a very controlling man. Word of his death made her feel free and liberated to live her own life.

Emily was not married, and always wanted to be. The fact that her father would not let her probably drove her mad. She ended up alone, when her life's desire was to share it with another. Whereas, Mrs. Mallard, who was married, wishes she could be freed from her binding marriage. Her marriage was inevitably what killed her.

Both of these stories end in death. Both of the main female characters died, but for different reasons. Emily killed her boyfriend so that he would not leave her, and she eventually died of old age. Mrs. Mallard thought her husband was dead, leaving her "free, free, free" (Chopin), and the reality of his return caused her so much grief that she died.

In the end, both women die with a broken heart. One woman, Emily, had every man in her life die or leaves her and the other woman, Mrs. Mallard, dying from the fact that her husband was, in fact, alive. Both stories are tragic and deal with love and hate, which are...