The women in The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper attempt to
overcome 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. Mallard’s
freedom in that she has new opportunities. She says that she is finally free, “free body
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 didn’t have any
opportunities in the past. The window is what releases her from her oppression by setting
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 John’s wife sees a woman in the......
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