When we compare the two stories "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Story of an Hour". If we first look at the similarities they have, they are both about women who are controlled by their husbands and desire freedom. But the two women had different reasons for being free. It appears that both husbands were in control of their lives and both wives were sick. I think the husbands knew their wives were so miserable. So when we look at the lives of women in the 19th century, they have the stereotypical tendency to be a housewife, stay at home, take care of the children, the house and help the children. husband in his work. Being in charge of the household requires women to take on many responsibilities, but women are often looked down upon and men often think that a woman's opinion is not important. The two short stories are about two women who have husbands. who are successful and women who feel stifled by their inability to live their own lives or make their own decisions. Both stories feature similar plots about two wives who feel imprisoned in their own marriages. In the yellow wallpaper, she is practically trapped in her room and doesn't even have a say in the location or decoration of the room. She is forbidden to work and write, because she says: “I wrote for a while in spite of them; but it wears me out very much – having to be so sneaky about it, or else I'll meet with strong opposition” (Gilman8). She is forced to spend almost every moment in her room. She is not even allowed to have visitors, as he does not allow her any sort of mental or physical stimulation. She was even forbidden to leave the home supposedly to allow her to rest and recover her h...... middle of paper...... excited about what she will finally be able to do with her life. She has indeed understood that she will finally be able to live for herself, but she discovers that he is not dead, her grief returns and that is what kills her. How sad it can be for these women to feel like they have no choice but to get out of their marriage. In conclusion, both short stories were great in allowing us, the reader, to see how women were repressed in their society in the 1900s. We don't hate men; we just wish women didn't have to be so subservient. Freedom is achieved in very unconventional ways in these two stories, but the type of freedom achieved by these narrators is not available to most women of this era. Works Cited Kennedy, XJ and Dana Gioia. “The yellow wallpaper.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. 2011. Print.