Kate Chopin s The Story Of An Hour And A Doll House

Long before the 20th century women were not as respected as today. Kate Chopin’s â€Å"The Story of an Hour† and â€Å"A Doll House,† written by Henrik Ibsen, are two perfect examples of what can happen when one tires to cadge a kindred spirit. Both women are faced with some hard times and are forced to look within themselves to figure out the true meaning of a fulfilled life. While the two come to this decision in different ways and also meet different fates, they realize they are more than just a doll or a pet to society, and choose a life of freedom over everything and anything else. In â€Å"A Doll House† Chopin’s character, Nora Helmer, is a woman with a rare mindset. Helmer believes her actions throughout the play were noble because she acted out of love, but when her husband finds out the lies she told Helmer’s biggest fear of her husband leaving her comes true; and she loses her husband, also like the character in â€Å"The Story of an Hour†. As the writers for Enotes support, when Helmer’s husband recounts his actions trying to reconcile with her and attempts to come back into her life (like Mallard’s husband as well), she realizes her husband is actually â€Å"a selfish, pretentious hypocrite with no regard for her position in the matter† (1), she also becomes aware that â€Å"she is not a doll to flatter Torvald’s selfish vanity† (1). In the play Helmer tries to explain to her husband how she feels by stating â€Å"[n]ow when I look back, it seems as if I’d lived here like a beggar- ju st from handShow MoreRelatedHenrik Ibsen s A Doll House1563 Words   |  7 Pages In the play, A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, the title itself symbolizes the dependent and degraded role of the wife within traditional marriages. Ibsen portrayed the generous nature root into women by society, as well as the significant action of this nature, and lastly the need for them to find their own voice in a world ruled by men. Ibsen wrote this play in 1879, this is the era where women were obedient to men, tend the children until their husband came home, and stood by the Cult of DomesticityRead MoreThe Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin955 Words   |  4 PagesThe story of an hour by Kate Chopin provides many examples of â€Å"inside† and â€Å"outside†. My first impression I get of Mrs. Mallard when she is told that her husband has been killed in a train accident was normal. Mrs. Mallard had just found out that she lost her spouse and she grieves which is normal in such a situation. But the thing that obstructed my impression of her was when she went to her room. She started to stare out the open window and came to the sudden realization that she was free. â€Å"WhenRead MoreThe Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin And Daystar By Rita Dove872 Words   |  4 PagesIn the poem the story of an hour by Kate Chopin and Daystar by Rita dove the both attempt overcome their obsession by finding an outlet. Involved toned to warming I m trying to find something to do or something to watch to comfort them. Both woman wanted freedom. Freedom to be themselves. This theme can apply to many women of there time.Woman did not really have much power or say in anything that went on. Women where really the ones that stayed at home. They took care of the family and tendRead MoreFreedom Versus Confinement By Henrik Chopin1524 Words   |  7 Pageshappened in the house or how things were to be done that was the husband’s job. The man was obligated to get married, take care of his wife and household (money wise). The men were typically more free then the women. But true freedom is being able to live for yourself and do what you wanted to how you wanted to do it. Neither were truly free. During this time period, many writers and poets would using poems and stories to discuss these issues. Writer Henrik Ibsen and poet Kate Chopin are perfect examples