PROMPT: Consider the societal expectations of women in the 1800s. What do Mrs. Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” and the narrator from “The Yellow Wall-Paper” experience that reflect the societal expectations of that time, and how did these oppressive expectations affect them?
The Story of an Hour – https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/webtexts/hour/
The Yellow Wall-Paper – https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf