The theme in the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson is echoed in “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin because they both have a part in womans roles and positions in society. On one hand you have a woman whos life changed for the better after a death, and on the other hand you have a woman who discounts her life for someone else. Both stories take place with both a husband and a wife. In “The Story of An Hour'”, the wife realized after all this time she didn’t really love her husband, but once her husband suddenly passed away she felt relieved in the thought of being a widow, which she claims “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself”. In “The Wife”, the wife gave up all of her life and personal identity for her husbands petition, which she claims “She rose to his requirement, dropped the play things of her life”
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