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Essay / Compare and contrast the storm and the story of an hour
Mallard who is an honest and fragile woman who finds freedom in the "death" of her husband. It can be said that Mrs. Mallard is more of an honest, upper-class woman because when she speaks, she speaks in complete sentences with proper grammar, such as when she says "Go away." I don’t make myself sick” (429). She is also very fragile, “great care was taken to announce the news of her husband’s death.” (428) due to his “heart problems” (428). She was immediately upset, but once she got over the shock, she realized what this meant to her, she was finally “Free!” Free body and soul! » (428). This changed her whole outlook on life from that of a "thrill" (428) to that of a "quick prayer" (428) of a long life, to finally being able to do the things she had always wanted to do but couldn't do. Due to social constraints and the fact that she was married, she only loved him "sometimes – often she didn't." (429) but he was nevertheless bound to marry her out of obligation. In this way, Mrs. Mallard and Calixta have many similarities and