and Contrast Between a Rose for Emily and The Story of an Hour William Faulkner 's in the Rose for Emily and Kate Chopin 's in The Story of an Hour, have characterized the theme of marriage and womanhood by digging into the psyches of their female heroes. Additionally, in spite of the fact that Chopin makes no unmistakable reference to any geographic locale, the two authors generally set their stories in the American South, which impacts these portrayals. Furthermore, these two stories share numerous
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin