The Yellow Wallpaper Vs Story Of An Hour Essay
Women were always oppressed by men, leaving them to more subordinate roles in marriage. In the story Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin, contains two married women that have expected roles towards their husbands.In the Yellow Wallpaper the narrator is forced to live in a nursery room her husband John believes will benefit her. His solution for her ‘sickness’ is bed rest, but he never lets her say how she feels about that. And, in The Story of An Hour, Mrs.Mallard , the wife of Mr.Mallard receives the news that her husband allegedly has passed away during a tragic accident, and she begins to mourn differently than someone would. They both viewed their husbands as superior, and felt restrained in their relationship, but during that time period this was a society norm.
First and foremost, the narrator in the Yellow Wallpaper views her husband as imperious only because he claims he is a doctor. When they had just moved into their new ancestral house, she tells him that she is starting to feel sick, and his solution is bed rest. According to the text, she states: “You see he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency - what is one to do?”(647-648). From this, it can be inferred that she feels as if she has no way to express herself. She has no saying in what she feels, because …show more content…
The narrator in Yellow Wallpaper viewed her husband as always dominant, and felt as if she wasn't able to have a say in anything. In The Story of An Hour Mrs.Mallard masking her emotions behind a closed door signified the predominance her husband had over her. No woman should be labeled as the weaker link, no matter how much education a husband
First and foremost, the narrator in the Yellow Wallpaper views her husband as imperious only because he claims he is a doctor. When they had just moved into their new ancestral house, she tells him that she is starting to feel sick, and his solution is bed rest. According to the text, she states: “You see he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency - what is one to do?”(647-648). From this, it can be inferred that she feels as if she has no way to express herself. She has no saying in what she feels, because …show more content…
The narrator in Yellow Wallpaper viewed her husband as always dominant, and felt as if she wasn't able to have a say in anything. In The Story of An Hour Mrs.Mallard masking her emotions behind a closed door signified the predominance her husband had over her. No woman should be labeled as the weaker link, no matter how much education a husband