The following paper is in regard to Mary Wollstonecraft’s novel Maria, or the Wrongs of Women and Kate Chopin’s novel titled The Awakenings. The two stories have a similar plot and both discuss the oppression of women in the institution of marriage. This paper will include how the two main characters in each story, Maria (in Maria) and Edna (in The Awakenings) challenge the oppressive ideology by finding a new love and how …showed first 75 words of 3079 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3079 total…is no evidence as to what she or Darnford are thinking, although that leaves us to imagine. There are many plausible endings unlike Edna’s. In conclusion, it is evident that the two stories have a similar plot and both discuss the oppression of women in the institution of marriage. The two characters, Edna and Maria, both challenge the oppressive ideology by finding new love and they dealt with the obstacles a long the way.