Marriage and Relationships

In both stories, when comparing the two relationships, the similarities are the two relationships are not very happy relationships.  It's more like it was an arranged marriage versus actually being in "love" with one another.  The two women probably act the way they do because of the time era.  Women were expected to keep quiet and had no say in most decisions especially decisions involving themselves.  The difference between the two women are their race.  One woman was African American " A Jury of her Peers", and the other woman was Caucasian " The Story of an Hour".  The African American woman was poor, the Caucasian woman was from money or at least some money.  The similarities was that both women did not want to physically be in their marriages or relationships.