Comparison of Kate Chopins Story of an Hour and William Faulkners A R

Historically, women constitute been treated as second class citizens. The Napoleonic Code stated that women were controlled by their husbands and can non freely do their accept will without the authority of their husband. This paper shows how this is evident in the Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner. In both stories, the use of literary elements such as foreshadowing, symbolism, and significant consequence of the titles are essential in bringing the reader to an unexpected and juiceless conclusion. The background of both authors, which was from the South, we can conclude how they could described the situations that they faced such as political and social presumptions problems especially for women at that time. The story explains how Chopin wrote how women were to be seen but not heard. The wife cannot plead in her own name, without the authority of her husband, thus far though she should be a public trader, or noncommunicant, or separate in property. (Kreis 1) This is one of the Code Napoleon that shows women have no right and position at that time. However after existence War II, most of the men were going to war and left the women, who serve them in the long run, could get their freedom to do anything or their own because they have to do it to survive.Chopins stories seem very modern in different demeanors even though it was written about two hundred years ago. Chopin says that it ..does not always find that marriage necessarily requires that a wife be dominated by their husband,..(Oklopcic 19) and she was trying to show that women can get on just fine without having man interfere. The story represents a disdain for the way women are treated in some relationships and in society as well. Her concern w... ...usual life such as Emily who turned into a murderer, violent death her own boyfriend and Louise Mallard dead after living her rattling life for one hour, feels her feeling free from repression during her husband death and finally died of heart disease when she knew that her husband is alive.Works CitedChopin, Kate. The Story of an Hour. Heritage of American Literature. Ed. James E. Miller. Vol. 2. Austin Harcourt Brace Jovanich, 1991. 487. Print.Faulkner, William. A Rose For Emily. An Introduction to Fiction. tenth ed. Eds X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New Yorkk Pearson Longman, 2007. 29-34.Kreis, S. (2001). The History Guide. Lectures on Modern European keen History The Code Napoleon. 15 July, 2010, http//www.historyguide.org/intellect/code_nap.htmlOklopcic, Biljana. Faulkner and the Native Keystone discipline (Beyond) the American South