Some women struggles with Independence and Identity once they are in a marriage. At times marriage is confiding and limiting for woman. In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband has passed away. She grieves as any person would but later realizes that she has freedom and she is a independent woman. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator is suffering from nervous depression and the mental limitation placed upon her even more so than the physical ones due to her condition ultimately drives her insane. Even though both stories has a different story lines the main idea is that they are both woman who are struggling in their marriage because of the lack of freedom they feel they have. In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard who has heart troubles is informed by her husbands friend that her husband has passed away in a railroad accident. While it is clear that there is sadness she feels another emotion builds up, she knows she will cry for his husband again but what she soon recognizes is an overwhelming sense of relief. She now feels a newfound independence and freedom. She feels joy in the way that she will be able to make her own life moving forward, led by her own desires as well as decisions. Even though she is now alone, she looks forward to the days ahead instead of dreading them. Once she sees her husband is indeed alive, her happiness, her freedom and all that she was hopeful was gone and ultimately that is what kills her. Her newfound freedom and excitement after she learns that her husband has passed away, shows the readers that her previous life was dull and in which she had no freedom. One of the conflicts some of the characters of this story faced was how to tell Mrs. Mallard who has a bad heart, what has happened to her husband in a way that it wont kill her immediately than what actually happened. Ultimately the surprise that her husband isn't dea