One of the main reasons these two stories are so similar is the emotional state of the two characters. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” the woman’s husband is cruel to her, causing her to be emotionally damaged. “I get unreasonably angry with John …show more content…
In Stetson’s story, the house the woman is in makes her uncomfortable and afraid. “That spoils my ghostliness, I am afraid, but I don’t care, there is something strange about this house, I can feel it.” (Stetson 2). As well as this, she is physically trapped inside this house by her husband. He forces her to stay at the house, although she doesn’t like it. She also is forced to stay in the bedroom, with the yellow wallpaper that she despises. In “Story of an Hour” the woman lives on the countryside, so she could feel very secluded from people, leading to her feeling trapped. She is bored with her life, including where she lives, and she wants to be free. Both of these women are feeling trapped by their setting, one way or