'Compare and Contrast: the Story of an Hour and a Rose for Emily\r'

'Deriso 1 Daniel Deriso prof Robert Eastman English 101 4 September 2012 equality and Contrast: â€Å"The Story of an Hour” vs. â€Å"A rose wine for Emily” The twain short stories discussed are rough two drastically different wo hands some(prenominal) with oppressive men in their lives. In â€Å"The Story of an Hour”, Louise realizes she wished to be free from her trade union. In â€Å"A Rose for Emily”, Emily is impetuous to be married. One woman is looking to be love, and the other is so full of disdain that it kills her. In â€Å"A Rose for Emily”, Emily is being controlled by her Draconian father.He will non bring home the bacon Emily to have tangency with other men. When Emily’s father passes away she requests to watch the body, because she is fearful of being so desolate. Emily later kills her fella homer Barron for trying to leave her, and his body is not ascertained until after her death. Whereas, â€Å"The Story of an H our” is about a woman who wishes the man in her manners is not in her life. The reader can aver from Louise’s thoughts that her spouse is a very down(p) man. The news of his passing brings her a feeling of consuming freedom.Emily never married because her father would not allow it. This fact drives her insane. Her life dream is to be married, barely she will end up alone. However, Louise Mallard, who is married, yearns for those bonds to be severed. Her marriage is what inevitably kills her. The stories both end tragically. In both stories the protagonist slip aways, yet for very different reasoning. Emily kills Homer for trying to leave her. Then she keeps his body with her until she is discovered dead of old age.Louise Mallard believes her husband to be dead, which leaves her bonds of marriage broken. His return causes her so much fretting that she dies of a heart attack. In the end, both women die of their individual ideas of love. Emily has every man she ever loved Deriso 2 die throughout her life. Louise Mallard faces her mortality when she realizes that her husband is still alive. The stories are both extremely grim. They deal with the themes of love, hate, and loss. Three of the most powerful themes in all of literature.\r\n'