In "A Sorrowful Woman", the woman, not capable to be a "proper" mother, weans her family off of her, moving far away from them until she knows they can take care of themselves. Then, after leaving her family with everything she thinks they might need, she kills herself. In this way, she gives her husband and son a chance to be happy once she's gone. "Hand" is a short but powerful story about a newlywed couple. The wife, laying awake at night, sees her apparently ideal husband in a new way, in a awful new light. Instead of seeing him as an ideal person, she sees a defect, in this case his rather hideous hand. This stuns and annoys her in the beginning but in the morning she realizes that she still loves him, even knowing he isn't Mr. Right. This shows that they can live a happy life because they love each-other no matter what.
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