In the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson the author talks about a woman getting married is like giving up a part of her and taking up new responsibilities. The marriage slowly washes away the woman’s youth and views of society. She also mentions how hard it is for a woman to escape this marriage. I connected with “The Story of an Hour?” because in the beginning when Mrs. Mallard learned that her husband had died she cried like how she saw other women do that is how far she has slinked into the sea as mentioned in the poem. But then she realized that she would be free and that she could finally claw out of this marriage which in the poem is symbolized by the sea and how deep a woman has sunken into the water is shown in the “The Story of an Hour?” by when Mrs. Mallard realized she should be happy that she is free even if it was a lie.
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When Mrs. Mallard learns to be happy after her long hours of crying, she realizes she is finally free. I agree with you saying how she could finally craw out of the marriage after her husband had died. It’s like back to the poem “the Wife” how she dropped everything to be a house wife and finally free to do whatever she desires
Your comments are good; however, the prompt asks students to address specific quotes from the poem and apply them to a reading of the Chopin story.