An Analysis of "What is Man?" based on "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Jewels" by Guy de Maupassant, and "Misery" by Anton Chekhov

Answers to questions such as "what is man?" depends on from what view you are looking it from - maybe it be scientific, psychological, or biblical, there is still no clear answer to the question. It is man's instinct to define and differentiate himself/herself from other organisms. Given four stories of different plots and atmosphere, we were asked to define "man" as how these stories define and describe them.
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
In the short story, "The Story of an Hour", man's actions are limited to what the whole society expects him/her to do. There is such a thing as…