Freedom versus Marriage C A comparison of The story of an hour and The necklace
Both Guy De Maupassant¡¯s ¡°The necklace¡± and Kate Chopin¡¯s ¡°Story of an Hour¡± are the stories with ironical endings that reflect on satirical relationship between freedom and marriage. ... Each of the protagonists, Mathilde and Louise in the ¡°The necklace¡± and ¡°The story of an Hour¡±, respectively, had been confined in their marriage and dreaming the freedom and social stature they were lacking and thus desiring. As put in ¡°The necklace¡±, Mathilde ¡°imagined silent antechambers, heavy with oriental tapestries, lit by torches in lofty bronze sockets ¡¡± and ¡°vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless ornaments ¡¡±, all of which, unfortunately could not be given by her husband, ¡°who is happy with ¡°old boiled beef¡± and his middle class position.