The Story of an Hour seems to pick up in the middle of an on going battle of Mrs. Mallard's feelings towards that of her husband Brantly Mallard, (which seems to be a decent guy from this short story introduction). This is why you really can not come to grasps with her hatred towards Mr. Mallard and why she feels it. There is little introduction of the husband Brantly Mallard which leaves any thought or opinions of him completely to the imagination, while in A Sorrowful Woman the wife seems to be a very selfish, and self centered person who can care only for herself. Godwin describes mostly all characteristics about the husband and wife in that the wife tells her husband that the sight of himself and the child made her

With the women from both stories still locked away in their rooms the time passes. As Mrs. Mallard is sitting in her chair whispering over and over "Free body and Sole free" her sister Josephine comes to the door and urges her to come out, so she finally does so and "carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory" (14). She then clasped to her sister's waist causing them both to descend down the stair with Richards waiting at the bottom. At that same moment in time the front door opens and Brently Mallard walks through the door with his gripsack and umbrella. He was no where near the accident and at that same moment Mrs. Mallard died with what the doctor called a heart disease. And as for the other distant wife on her last day of living she withdrew from what had became her domain for one last noble accomplishment. She had cooked supper to last many weeks, two weeks of fresh-laundered sheets, 5 loafs of bread, and had hand-knitted two matching sweaters. The man and child ran to the little room, could not contain themselves to knock flung back the door and there lie his wife/mother restless without the slightest movement and last deed; her freshly-washed hair.

The husband being his very understanding self-comments "he understood such things, and asked what would she like him to do" (33).

In the begging Mrs. Mallard is so overwhelmingly happy (acting very distraught) to receive the telegram informing her of Mr. Mallard's death but she had to conceal her happiness simply because there were loved ones in her presence including her sister Josephine and Mr. Mallard's great friend Richard. It was he (Richard) who had received intelligence of the death as he was in the newspaper room and heard f

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)