Comparing stories

perspective of a woman’s position in society. In the stories “Story of an Hour” and “Desiree’s Baby” there are a few similarities and many differences between the main characters of each piece. Each woman has a struggling relationship with her husband. In both stories, Chopin’s comparison of Mrs. Mallard and Desiree is to showcase how every woman handles situations such as their age difference, and the similarities between freedom and death. In each story, both women have similar situations, but there

Kate Chopin's, author of The story of an Hour, and Gail Goldwin, author of A sorrowful Women use unique diction to to describe their main characters. In the Story of an Hour Kate describes a woman with a heart condition. She is faced with the horrible news of her husband, that might be dying. I like how Chopin's uses many descriptive words to explain the state Louise is in. As well as Goldwin uses symbols and metaphors in her writing to intrigue us to keep on reading. Both the writers have different

The Value of Freedom in “The Story of an Hour” and “A New England Nun” A prevailing theme of American literature in the early nineteenth century was freedom and individualism of characters in a story. The concept of freedom is portrayed in two pieces of American literature- Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s “A New England Nun”. In both stories, the two women, Louise and Louisa, are freed from suppressed relationships from their partners. A feeling of joy surpasses

do they give them an injustice? This research will look at the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A story of Wall Street and compare it to Jonathan Parker's 2001 film version "Bartleby." Herman Melville wrote the short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A story of wall street” in 1853, narrating a tale from a lawyer about his strange behaved office clerk Bartleby. In 2001 Johnathan Parker of Parker productions turned that story into a film, “Bartleby.” However, Jonathan Parker makes many changes

“What remains still remains.” This is a quote taken from the trickster tale “How Stories Came to Earth.” In this story the sky-god would quote this to the spider about each animal he would catch in which he hoped for the stories in return. In the trickster tales “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” there are various similarities and differences. Within the two trickster tales of “Master Cat” and “How Stories Came to Earth” there are multiple similarities. One of the Similarities in these

as well. An example of this could be seen in the short stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “Wakefield”. As if written by the same author, both skillfully presented short stories gives the audience a similar mood. This was achieved through the use of literature devices or the structure of the story. Nevertheless, differences between these two stories could be seen as well. One of the many similarities which could be seen within these two short stories was the plot itself. In both “Wakefield” and “Rip Van

On the surface, the protagonists of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Langston Hughes’ “One Friday Morning” are quite different individuals. Mrs. Mallard, the fin de siècle protagonist of “The Story of an Hour,” is a young woman who feels unsatisfied and confined in marriage. On the other hand, the protagonist of “One Friday Morning” is a high-school-aged black girl named Nancy Lee who is excelling both academically and socially in the early twentieth century. However, despite these differences

Battle Royal “The Story of the Good Little Boy” and “Battle Royal” are two very unusual story, written in different era, with distinctive content, both are describing the lives of two boys, one white, the other black, both are striving to achieve goals, and be recognize for the decent things they have accomplished. Although, both stories appears to be unrelated, the moral of the story are similar, which is good or bad things happen whether you are good or bad. In The Story of the Good Little Boy

She creates realistic fiction tales based off of the lives of many women. In the two selections we’ve read “The Story of an Hour” and “Desiree’s Baby” she depicts strong female protagonists. Chopin’s presents these female characters in a more compassionate verses a denounced way. The males however are mentioned less, they are there to build-up the female character. The men in these stories are not as advanced as the female characters, they aren’t as focused on. The female characters have different

2 short stories you have studied. Short stories Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood and Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer, have both been written using a host of conventions to explore the ideologies, attitudes and values within them. Conventions within a short story are used to convey the messages within the text, the use of ones such as generic, figurative or narrative help portray themes and ideas that would not normally be so evident on the surface. Both afore mentioned short stories have a dominant