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A 5 page
paper which examines "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner and "Story of an Hour" by
Kate Chopin as they illustrate the oppressive nature of a patriarchal society as it relates to
women. No additional sources cited.
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power of a patriarchal society as seen in the lives of two women. The impact this patriarchal society had upon the women was so profound that it essentially killed them.
They were women who knew what was expected of them, yet women who longed for something else. Neither of these women knew how to escape this patriarchal reality, and when
they felt they were free, they soon discovered that freedom was a joke. In the following paper we examine the two stories separately, and then discuss their similarities in regards
to the impact of a patriarchal society upon women in their time period. Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin In the very beginning of this story we
understand that Mrs. Mallards husband is dead: "Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the
news of her husbands death" (Chopin NA). The characters slowly approach her, planning how to tell her of her husbands death. Mrs. Mallard, however, is not completely devastated by the
news, as they thought she would be. She is not incredibly devastated. This allows us a glimpse into the womans spirit that says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and
despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected to look upon anything as being comfortable, for women were prone to fits of emotion and
in cases of death were anything but rational. But, we note that woman in the story seeing comfort and contentment, so to speak, from a rational and almost unknown perspective.
We note her first real sense of abandonment and excitement at the news for "She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed
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