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Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Comparison between the Lottery and the Story of an Hour "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson are two short stories that were extremely controversial when they were released, but have since become two of the most celebrated short stories of all time. The Story of an Hour is about a woman, Louise Mallard, who is informed that her husband has died in a train accident. Her grief turns into elation as she courts the idea of freedom, but this comes to an end as her husband returns, making her die in shock. The Lottery is a story about a small village that holds a "lottery" each year to ensure a good harvest. In this particular year, all the family heads pick small slips of paper from a black box. Bill Hutchinson gets the slip with a black spot. Then the family members draw slips, and his wife Tessie receives the marked slip. The villagers then proceed to stoning her to death. Several comparisons can be drawn between the two stories. One, the main female character dies at the end of both of these stories. Two, both of the female characters yearn for freedom;Louise is excited by the idea of freedom as she receives news that her husband is dead, and we can argue that Tessie also craved freedom in the sense that she saw the lottery as being unfair. Three, both stories garnered a lot of controversy when they were released; according toUnveiling Kate Chopin, Emily Toth said that the authorhad to kill off Louise in order to make the story publis...