Kate Chopin’s Story of an hour and Raymond carver’s Cathedral can easily be compared and contrasted. Marriage is a central theme in both works. In Kate Chopin’s “Story of An Hour”, Louise is not completely satisfied with her relationship with her husband Brently Mallard. Towards the Beginning of the story when Mrs. Mallard is informed of her husband’s death, she grieves at first like any other widow would grieve over their …showed first 75 words of 967 total…

…showed last 75 words of 967 total…my dear husband came into my life”- something like that. But I heard nothing of the sort. We can tell they both care about each other. They are married after all but the wife doesn’t seem to feel the same way about her husband. In conclusion Kate Chopin’s Story of an hour and Raymond carver’s Cathedral can easily be compared and contrasted. They both have a well treated them: Unhealthy marriages.