Escape: Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Chopin’s The Story of an Hour

Discuss the stories of the women from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin.

Read the short stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin. What were the women trying to escape from? How did they both escape? What is Gilman’s message in “The Yellow Wallpaper”? What is the moral lesson in “The Story of an Hour”?