The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper :: The Story of an Hour

The women in The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper look for to bastinado their oppression by finding an outlet. They tried to find something or do something that would comfort them. In The Story of an Hour, the window is the main symbol. Correspondingly, in The Yellow Wallpaper, the wallpaper itself is the main symbol.In The Story of an Hour, the window is what symbolizes Mrs. mallards freedom in that she has new opportunities. She says that she is finally free, free form and soul. She says this because she realizes that she is finally free from her husband. It can be inferred from the story she was oppressed because she didnt have any opportunities in the past. The window is what releases her from her oppression by linguistic context her free and giving her new opportunities that were not available to her in the past.In The Yellow Wallpaper, the wallpaper symbolizes her oppression in a way. In which rear ends wife sees a char in the wallpaper. During the sidereal day the escaped makes it look as if she is behind bars shaking them. However, during the night the cleaning woman in the wallpaper creeps nearly. Johns Wife relates the woman in the wallpaper to herself by saying that she creeps in the daytime when John isnt around. However, during the night she is quite still because John is around and he go away notice her. Johns wife tries to overcome her oppression by setting the woman free inside the wallpaper, in order to free her oppression. Which the house itself is a prison for her since John wont let her leave and that he keeps telling her that writing will make her worse, while it was only