“The Wife” by Emily Dickinson relates to Mrs. Mallard’s emotional state in “Story of An Hour” because Mrs. Mallard expresses joy in freedom from her husband dying. At first, Mrs. Mallard is washed over with emotions of grief. she later on realizes she will be living for herself in the coming years, repeating “Free! Body and soul free!”. In “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson, the quote “She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.” shows how she or woman in general would drop their interests or what they were doing and take the role/stereotype as a woman and wife. Emily then ends with “It lay unmentioned, as the sea Develops pearl and weed, But only to himself is known The fathoms they abide.”, which means how her “wife duties” continue to become the normality of every day living to her husband, restricted to enjoy the things she likes to do.
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