"How little a thing is needed for us to be lost or to be saved?" Both stories, Maupassant's "The Necklace" and "A Story of an Hour" by Chopin portray two different yet alike women, who refuse to accept their destiny and deny the life of women of their class. They are both lost, and are looking to be saved, however, they find themselves in a big trouble just when they think they succeeded in their …showed first 75 words of 1077 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1077 total…new life free of ghosts from their past, and now they are back to where it all started. It was as if they were being enslaved, and the taste of freedom, even for a second, was too good, and they could not go back to their slaved life. It was the compilation of all these things that collided at one heart-stopping moment that killed Mrs. Mallard, and forever destroyed Mathilde. <Tab/>