The "Story of an Hour" is the story of a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is told of her husband's supposed death and is moved, in the span of one hour, from grief, to joy, and finally to death because of the news. "Bernice Bobs her Hair" is the story of a girl named Bernice who goes from being a social misfit to being popular and then back again all because of a visit with her cousin.

Immediately we see that both stories share a common thread in that they both deal with the main characters experiencing numerous changes. Furthermore, the two stories also contain one single event apiece that serves as a catalyst for these changes.

However, when we carefully dissect the two stories even further, we see that there are also many differences between the two. The time span in which the two stories take place is one major variation. How each character feels at the end of the

The Story of an Hour's main theme is Irony. The change from sorrow to joy in such a short time contributes to this theme. Mrs. Mallard's shock and ultimate death, is another ironic transformation given that her husband was, in fact, alive. "Bernice Bobs her Hair" seems to contain "be happy with who you are" as an underlying truth. Her transformation gave her confidence, and her destruction gave her the wisdom to realize that the confidence was always hers

"The Story of an Hour" would have never took place if not for the specific event of Mrs Mallard being told of her husband's alleged death. She never would have undergone the transformations of sorrow, joy, and death if she had never heard the news. In "Bernice Bobs her Hair", the catalyst that puts the transformations in motion is the confrontation between Bernice and her cousin Marjorie. Had Marjorie not been so brutal in describing Bernice's deficiencies, than Bernice never woul

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