Both are Cats

الملخص

The majority of the novelists have a female character as a major one (protagonist or antagonist) in their books.  And the readers don’t wait till the end of the novel to learn the character whether it is the protagonist or antagonist. In Ernest Hemingway's “Cat in the Rain” (1925) and Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour” (1894) the female characters are the main protagonists. Their role is different, their circumstances are different too but their truth and their personality are the same. The stories portray women as oppressed and limited in their identities by their spouses. This research attempts to clarify this topic. It shows commonality (fragility, suppression and victimization) despite their distinctions (actions, reactions and their attitude).