The Struggle for Freedom in Yellow Wallpaper and Story of an Hour

Struggle for Freedom in The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an arcminute The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour are two very similar stories. Both deal with middle-aged women who long to attain their freedom. They share the same theme, but convey the message otherwise in terms of style and quality. The two stories are about women who are fighting for freedom, happiness, and the ability to be truly expressive in any agency possible. The greatest similarity is between the pistillate protagonists of each story. Each woman is desperately searching for freedom, but not allowed to have it. In The Yellow Wallpaper, the female protagonist depressed. To treat her sickness, she is sent with her husband to live in a haunted mansion that is supposed to make her better, but it only mak... ...opin, Kate. The Story of an Hour. In Literature and Its Writers An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ann Charters and Samuel Charters, Eds. Boston Bedford Books, 1997. 158-159. Gilman , Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. In Literature and Its Writers An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ann Charters and Samuel Charters, Eds. Boston Bedford Books, 1997. 230-242.