The Story of an Hour by Kate ChopinQuestion n. 1 Compare and contrast women's roles and marriage in "The Story of an Hour" and "The Yellow Wallpaper." Mallard has had heart problems and is very ill. After the news of her husband's death she locked herself in her room and all she could think was that she was finally free. She knew she would cry again when she saw her husband with his hands clasped in death, but all she could think of as she sat in the room all alone was of the many years she would have ahead of her of living only for herself: "But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would absolutely belong to her” (Danticat 138). Finally, Mrs. Mallard gave in to her sister's pleas to open the door and go out. As they went down the stairs, someone opened the door .All this time Mrs. Mallard thought she would be free and when she saw her husband walk through the door she died: "When the doctor came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills" (Danticat 139).The narrator of " Yellow Wallpaper" is sick. Her husband is a doctor and keeps telling her that she is not sick. The narrator is kept in this room with this really bad yellow wallpaper. She hates being left in there. The narrator stays up at night and swears to see things move on that wallpaper. The more she is stuck there, the more intrigued she is. She starts sleeping most of the day and stays up at night trying to figure out what's in those walls. The narrator has to hide her writing from everyone, they will make a big fuss about it: "I really think she thinks it's the writing that makes me sick" (Gilman 185)! The story really shows that the narrator's husband doesn't believe she is sick: "Bless her little heart," he said with a big hug, "she'll be as sick as she wants" (Gilman 188)! As the story progresses, the narrator begins to tear up the wallpaper to reveal the woman behind it. He took the rope and would catch her when she came out.