They were two women, who were stranded in the desert of loneliness, desperately in search of happiness and companionship for themselves. The two short stories The Painted Door and A Trip for Mrs. Taylor portrays the struggle of two women to overcome their loneliness. Both characters Ann and Mrs. Taylor are in two likely situations where both of them are separated from companionship, and filled with lonely hearts. However, how each character responded to the somewhat similar situation portrays their differences. Each character's different thoughts and actions illustrate the sharp contrast between the two. Although Ann has a husband, who does his best to give her the materialistic and emotional support, which he thought she was looking for, by making a slave of himself; working all day long, she still could not overcome the discontent she felt about her life. This feeling gradually ended up taking control of...