Eveline and Mrs. Mallard
Liberation and freedom are exquisite possessions. The possible attainment or loss of it can both cause equal amount of anxiety as revealed by lead characters in the two short stories we shall now discuss. Eveline in James Joyce's short story Eveline and Mrs. Mallard in Kate Chopin's 'The story of an Hour' are standing at the threshold of a new life. The difference between the two is that while Mrs. Mallard is eagerly looking forward to the new life, Eveline is deeply scared of the unknown. When you are at a point in your life that offers an escape into the enchanting world of the unknown, not everyone is very welcoming of it. Eveline is in love with Frank or rather Frank is deeply in love with her and wants to whisk her away to Buenos Ayres where the two would get married and live a life of her dreams. She would be in a new land where "people would treat her with respect (Joyce 4)" and it would be exciting "to explore a new life with Frank (Joyce 5)." But all that is not enough to convince her that freedom would really be good or t
Their lives are controlled by a male dominant figure and they both are now standing at the threshold of freedom. A whole new world and a whole new life awaited them. The realization that she would no longer be free is just too aggravating for her to bear and she dies on the spot. She is tired of her role as wife and long for freedom. So when the news of her husband's death in an accident is broken t her, ever so carefully, because of her heart condition, Mrs. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own". Mallard on the other hand is welcoming change with open arms only to realize in the end that this new world would have to wait much longer. The dream of that life engulfs her completely: "Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Eveline is terrified not only of her new life but also of her father as she found "herself in danger of her father's violence (Joyce 4). hat the unknown world is actually what she desires.
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