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Marriage

Upon reading Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” and Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”, I have come to a striking conclusion. Although these two stories offer two totally different morals they do, however, offer many of the same ideas and points of view. Both Mathilde, and Louise are two strong women with many of the same problems. Each is lacking the freedom they desire and are discontent with their prospective social statures. The primary reason being their marital commitment to their husbands who control most of the power in the household and leave them stifled. In comparison both authors, without a doubt, share the same negative views about the institute of marriage and colorfully express them each in their own unique ways.

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

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