what commentary do the two stories you have selected provided about attraction,love and marraige?

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Comparative Analysis of The Hand ' and Story of an Hour

While many stories are written on the of love , Kate Chopin 's The Story of an Hour ' and Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 's The Hand present a different aspect of love and marriage in subtle and unique ways . These two short stories represent a female perspective about the how love is not present in marriage , attraction fades , and that marriage truly is an institution . Both stories represent these aspects similarly

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Hour ' Chopin represents love not as the foundation of a marriage , but as something that occurs off and on during the course of a marriage . Mrs . Mallard reflects on her feelings for her husband shortly after learning of his death , She had loved him - sometimes Often she had not (par 15 . Mrs . Mallard further goes on to decide that it doesn 't matter how she felt about her husband in terms of love , the unsolved mystery (par 15 . When it comes to attraction Mrs . Mallard seems to have for her husband , except a recollection that he was not a cruel man , she saw the kind tender hands folded in death the face that had never looked save with love upon her (par 12 . She seems more attracted - almost orgasmically to the concept of freedom from her marriage , which she seems to view as something equal to prison , There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have the right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature (par 13

In The Hand , Colette paints a picture of a love that is immature or lacking altogether . The concept of love and marriage seem to be what the female character in this story is in love with . She is uncertain about love , but knows duty . What the young bring seems to be in love with is the ideal of marriage . she is two weeks in to her marriage , and we do learn that she was initially attracted to her husband , a handsome , blond young man (par 3 , but she reflects on her new surroundings with just as much adoration , she still kept her eyes closed for a long time , then opened them again in to savor , with astonishment , the blue of the brand - new curtains (par 3 . Her attraction to her husband soon fades , And I 've kissed that hand .How horrible ! Haven 't ' I ever looked at it (19 . The bride , still a child , views marriage as the scandalous life of a newlywed who tastes the joys of living with someone unknown (par 3 , but quickly , in one night , her concept of marriage changes to one of duty and resignation She concealed her fear , bravely subdued herself , and beginning her life of duplicity , of resignation , and of a lowly , delicate diplomacy she leaned over and humbly kissed the monstrous hand (25

In these two essays , love is portrayed as temporary...