The Wives of the Dead (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")

"The Wives of the Dead" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story set in the 1800s that looks at big feelings like sadness when two sisters, Mary and Margaret, find out their husbands died; one was a sailor and the other was not. Mary and Margret deal with their sadness differently. Mary still has some hope and faith while Margaret is very sad. The story shows how they deal with their sadness with different news— when Mary finds out her husband did not die, the story shows both happiness and sadness. The story highlights how peoples' feelings change with news that is joyful and sad.