Both in the “Wagner Matinee” and “The Story of an Hour” show the hardships that women had to face in the twentieth century. It showed the restrictions by showing the women being emotionally and physically unable to live by the events in their life. “The Wagner Matinee” showed the mental restrictions against women. The story showed the struggle of a women coming back from the country to listen to an opera for the first time in a long time. She was in tears from the very beginning and did not want to leave the place. This showed the frailty of women in the twentieth century. This showed that the women were expected to be week in this time period. The women of this time considered this a hardship because they found his offensive that they are
