“The Story of an Hour” describes an unhappy wife's sense of freedom when she learns that her husband has died. This represents how a woman is considered the property of her husband and should not have a life of her own outside of marriage. This idea is also found in "The Storm", another wife, unhappy in her marriage, begins an affair with an ex-lover. Besides the idea of ​​life outside of marriage, this also brings the idea of ​​female sexuality. At the time, women's sexuality was never discussed and it was even believed that it did not exist. If the subject was brought up, sexual desire was described as dangerous and something women should avoid at all costs. Chopin was concerned about the way women were treated within their marriages, the unequal balance of power between wives and their husbands. Husbands could go to work and lead their own lives outside of living with their wives, while wives were forced to stay at home, as they were not allowed to have their own jobs. Both stories show how this inequality is not fair and that women can have their own lives; they are not the property of their