Story of an Hour and A Sorrowful Woman

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This is seen when she wishes to write a sonnet but the idea of having "six, eight, ten thirteen lines" (Godwin 41) is just too much for her and puts down her pen and paper. This personal torment leads to the death of the women in both stories. Mrs. Mallard's feelings of happiness grow and grow until she cannot contain them any longer...
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Mrs. Mallard's feelings of happiness grow and grow until she cannot contain them any longer. She is free at last and "there would be no one to live for her . . . she would live for herself" (Chopin, 16). However, this "feverish triumph" in her eyes from not longer having a husband vanishes when she sees her husband is still alive and she immediately realizes that she will now be horribly trapped again and dies of shock...
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