Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is a satirical short story about a young woman named Mathilde who is unhappy with her social stature. For example, Maupassant clearly states, “She daydreamed of large, silent anterooms, decorated with oriental tapestries and lighted with two elegant valets in short culottes dozing in large armchairs under the affects of forced-air heaters” (Maupassant 5). In contrast to Mathilde‘s desire for grandeur, her husband is a simple man

In the same manner, Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” is an ironical story which, pertains to another strong woman named Louise Mallard, who is also tied down because of her marriage to Brently Mallard. Louise loves her husband, but the bottom line is that her yearn for freedom is far greater then her love for her husband. Thus, upon hearing the news of his death she, “Wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms” (Chopin 394). But the feel of her freedom slowly creped and a surprising feeling of joy approached her, although, “She knew that she would cry again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her; fixed and gray and dead” (Chopin394). Due to Louise’s thoughts, Chopin obviously states to her readers that although Louise is happy with her freedom, she also is mourning Brently’s death simultaneously.

Furthermore, not only are these stories satirical, but they also each feature men of authority who make the main characters uncomfortable and unhappy. Similarly, both males in the two stories make their wives feel trapped because of their special tie. Their wives are powerless because of the time period that both of these stories occur during and this is why each, Mathilde and Louise both are yearning for their freedom. Their husband’s power causes Mathilde and Louise to feel as if, they are trapped with no where to go. That is why both Maupassant and Chopin are satirical towards the

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