comparison and contrast of the two stories : the necklace by guy de maupassant and the story of a proposal by kate chopin

I need some assistance with these assignment. comparison and contrast of the two stories : the necklace by guy de maupassant and the story of a proposal by kate chopin Thank you in advance for the help! She was not able to bring herself to tell the truth to her friend about the lost necklace and thus transforms the life of the couple as they sell everything and take up various odd jobs which over the years turn them prematurely old, just so that they would be able to buy back the necklace for Mathilde’s friend. The story talks about the kind of strength and bond that the marriage of the two regains with time as Mathilde realises the importance of being there for the man that she has married and understanding the kind of sacrifices he has made for her. She thus grows up and is able to gain maturity with respect to the kind of struggles that she went through to earn money and how the same taught her how to be stronger. At the same time, this story can be compared on a level to Kate Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour’ as it describes various emotions that Louise Mallard, the wife in the story, suffers an array of emotions as she hears about the news of her husband’s death. Louise suffers from a condition of heart problems and thus her sister is forced to inform her of the death in the gentlest way possible so as to not aggravate anything. However, upon hearing of the saddening news, Mrs. Mallard undergoes various kinds of feelings at the same time, ranging from resentment and sadness to joy and the feeling of liberation. Both these stories are similar to each other on the basis that in both stories, it is the wife who is undergoing the mental and emotional thinking and trauma that the husbands are subjecting them to in different ways.