1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2: ​Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex
account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Compare & Contrast: The Story of an Hour & The Yellow Wallpaper
“The Story of an Hour” Similarities “The Yellow Wallpaper”
● Main character has
heart problems
● Everyone knew
that she had these
heart problems and
treated her gently
● Someone died
● There was irony
within the story
because the woman
was excited about
her new freedom
and she died from
the excitement.
● She was ill and was
told her husband
died. She was okay
that he was dead.
When she found
out he was alive
and died of too
many emotions.
● Both of the women
are “trapped.”
● Both women were
in a society that
oppressed them.
● They were both in
their feelings.
● Women have
marriage issues.
● Ironic
● Both husbands had
their own roles
with their wives.
● Both lived in an
oppressed society
so they both most
likely ​wanted ​their
husband to die.
● The Women was
locked up and they
wouldn't let her
out.
● Main character
Has anxiety and
depression.
● No one thought
that any of these
problems were
valid/actually
existed
● The woman
became
crazy/depressed by
the husband
thinking he was
helping by isolating
her in a house with
bars.
● The woman was ill.
Husband takes her
to a secluded place
and keeps a very
close eye on her.
Her insanity takes
over and her
husband faints
from shock.