1. How is Mrs. Sommers' predicament similar to Mrs. Mallard's? Both face lives that are similarly limited by their roles as women.
Both are subject to bouts of depression and longing for what they can't have.
Both are too poor to afford to take care of themselves very often.
Both are trapped in unhappy marriages that seemingly have no end in sight.
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Both face lives that are similarly limited by their roles as women.

Explanation:

In "The Story of an Hour", when Mrs. Mallard thought that her husband had died, she was secretly thankful because she envisioned a better life without the oppression of marriage. When she realized that her husband was alive, she´s shocked that she dies of a heart attack, which the doctors ironically credit to a shock of happiness.  

In "A Pair of Silk Stockings", Mrs. Sommers spends all her money on things to herself instead of her children in an attempt to have a little escape from a life driven by family responsibilities.

Both of them have feelings of anguish for their roles as women, wives, and mothers, and experience a short time in which they envision how life could be without that oppressive environment.

i think the answer your looking for is

enforced