Frederigo's Falcon And The Story Of An Hour

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The two short stories, Frederigo’s Falcon and The Story of an Hour, have striking differences and similarities. While one story focuses on how love led to poverty, but happy endings, the other story is how hatred led to happy moments but bitter endings. Although these two stories are both set in different times and places, they both focus on how our desires affect our actions. The story of Frederigo’s Falcon is a story of a rich man, famous among the other men, falling in love with a woman named Monna Giovanna. Multiple failed attempts to impress her only led to poverty and hard times for Frederigo. As time passes, Monna’s son gets sick and his dying wish is to have Frederigo’s falcon; the only remnant of happiness he had. Monna reluctantly visits Frederigo’s house to ask him for his falcon because …show more content…

He then takes his falcon, wrings his neck, plucks the feathers, and serves it for dinner. At dinner, Monna makes her request, not knowing she has already eaten it. Frederigo tells her the terrible news and she is devastated, her child then dies of his sickness. Years later, they end up married and live happily ever after. This story is about how love has tough times, and happy endings, unlike The Story of an Hour. However, The Story of an Hour, on the other hand, is the story of a woman whose husband just died. Knowing she suffered from heart conditions, her sister decided to break the news gently to her with little hints here and there. Once the realization hit, she went into her room to be alone for a bit. Sitting in her chair, she finally realizes she is happy about her husband dying. She knows she’ll be sad again once she sees his body, but the thought of the years ahead of living for her rushes in again. After her sister begs her to come out of her room, the woman, Louise, is met with a surprise. Her husband is still alive and is standing at the

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