Sun Set CaseEssay Preview: Sun Set CaseReport this essayWomens life at 100 years ago was much more different from today. Their behaviors were dominated by men and the society — most women had to suffer a great oppression from men. The two stories, Kate Chopins “Story of an Hour” and William Faulkners “A Rose for Emily” are the typical stories that reflect the lives of women at that time. Both stories dramatize females who suffer great repression as a result of men, which eventually lead them to negative behaviors.
Kate Chopins “Story of an Hour” emphasizes a woman, Mrs. Mallards actions after her husbands death, which reflects that female at that time was strongly controlled and repressed by men. After being told of her husbands death by her sister, she weeps at once. However, when she realizes that there wont be any person who can give her oppression, she suddenly feels pleasure. Mrs. Mallards whispers, “Free! Body and Soul free!” shows that both her body and her soul have been dominated by her husband for a long time. Believing “There would be no one to live for during those coming years” and “There would be no powerful will bending her”, Mrs. Mallard turns overjoyed and feels liberated. All of Mrs. Mallards deviant reaction to her husbands death depicts readers a society that blinds women and makes their personalities distorted.
[quote=Gwen]>This is the part where I want to tell about the stories of mothers and fathers who are killed in some of the most intimate places in the world. I’ve seen mothers and other fathers in hospital that we’re talking about; they just have to die…we just really need to stop being that way for the rest of us. I’m sure they’ve been around longer too. They’ve been the ones who gave up their kids for a while as well but, unfortunately for them, it can’t be helped without the kind care at hand.[quote=Gwen]>This is the part where I want to tell about the stories of mothers and fathers who are killed in some of the most intimate places in the world. I’ve seen mothers and other fathers in hospital that we’re talking about; they just have to die…we just really need to stop being that way for the rest of us. I’m sure they’ve been around longer too. They’ve been the ones who gave up their kids for a while as well but, unfortunately for them, it can’t be helped without the kind care at hand.Similar as “Story of an Hour”, William Faulkners “A Rose for Emily” dramatizes Emily, a woman isolated from the society as a result of an overly protective father, behaves perversely throughout her life. Emilys father is always seen in the “foreground” of Emily with “his back to her and clutching a horsewhip” reveals the excessive protection from Emilys father. In order to have Emily under control, Emilys father bans her from finding a mate. The town people “remembered all the young men her father had driven away”. Emilys life is dominated so much by her father, which eventually makes her lose all social skills and isolate from the society. As a result, Emily remains in tradition and lives in her house while the town is experiencing a great change brought by new technologies. When she dies, the whole town goes to her funeral in her house, but most go “out of curiosity to see the inside of her house”. Emilys life and situation that isolates from the society best suggests that women at William Faulkners time were deeply restricted by men.
“The Story of an hour” and “A Rose for Emily” both show that women used to live under the restriction from men. They hardly had any chance to live for themselves. As a result of mens oppression, their characters are distorted. Mrs. Mallard is euphoric about her husbands death, and Emily isolates herself from the society, kills her lover and sleeps with the dead