The poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson relates to the story “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin because both story I feel like is dealing with freedom and also marriage. In the poem “The Wife” she is stuck between being a free woman and also being a wife as she mentioned in the poem “She rose to his requirement, dropped the playthings of her life” meaning that she is willing to up it and do whatever to become the perfect wife she is supposed to be, and in “The Story of An Hour” shes with her partner that she truly loves but once he passes away she mentions “body and soul free” she felt like a free woman after the death of her husband. Both woman are dealing with marriage form a different point of view one feel like they are required to any and everything for a man at any given moment and one feels happy that her man passed away.
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Hi Alimata I enjoyed reading your writing, I also agree that I can see a part of freedom and marriage play a role in these two stories “The Wife” and “The Story of An Hour”. I liked how you used two quotes from each text and then went forward with on explaining them. it really does help the reader understand more about what is happening. Both women are dealing with marriage from a different point of view.