Identify a common theme in "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Story of an Hour," and Trifles.

Gender
roles aside, another major common theme between the three stories is the correlation between
death and the happiness of female characters. "" contains a debate about an abortion
that has not happened yet, "The Story of an Hour" deals with the aftermath of the
death of a husband, and Trifles explores a wife's motives for killing her
husband. Despite these differences, death plays a major role in determining the female
characters' happiness in all three stories.

In 's "Hills Like White
Elephants", the femaledebates the possibility of having...