She rose to his requirement, dropped
\nThe playthings of her life
\nTo take the honorable work
\nOf woman and of wife.<\/p>\n
But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.<\/p>\n
The Story of the Hour says how the wife (Mrs. Mallard) is finally free, how she saw the future would belong to her, and she is excited about it. It relates\u00a0 to ” The wife” because the poem tells us how the wife gave up everything (2) and took the honor of being a housewife and “dropped
\nThe playthings of her life, To take the honor, Of woman and of wife.” In ” Story of the hour, Mrs. Mallard repeats, ” Free! Body and soul free! “, although she loves her husband, there are times when she doesn’t (13). “And yet she had loved him \u2014 sometimes.” The two stories’ theme connects because they are both wife who are lost and become a housewife. But then became free once their husband’s died<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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