Question

Use evidence from "The Story of an Hour" and "A Jury of Her Peers" to explain how literature of the time reflected some women's feelings of being trapped and oppressed by their husbands. (20 points)

Answer 1

Both "The Story of an Hour" and "A Jury of Her Peers" tell the story of marriage without happiness and with rules and hauntings. The literature of the time helped some women to reflect on their marriage and how they were living; it helped women to see if they were living for themselves or for their husbands, if their happiness was also for themselves or only their husbands.

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Answer 2

Many women of the time felt neglected since they were often considered to be nothing more than housewives. Sometimes even though the husbands were not evil and their only crime was existing, the women would still not be satisfied because they were not given the proper respect and marriage felt like a prison. Both stories explore this theme.