In "The Storm", Kate Chopin's main character Calixta lacks the understanding of what marriage is in terms of sexuality. She lives life as it is expected of her, and the relationship in her marital life is obviously one of coldness, but it is due to the imposed role of women as carriers of children rather than hot blooded women what leads to this problem. When she finally has an affair she understands the naturality of being feminine, and sexual. In fact, it came to be so natural to her that she did not even feel shame.
In "The Yellow Wallpaper", as it was said in the previous response, we have another uncaring husband who does not even bother tending to the real needs of the wife (another baby-making machine) who is in real need of attention, but (maybe due to her role in society) gets none. They both feel the need to rid of the other for their own personal reasons, and in the end she finally gave in to what she felt was the right thing to do, just like Calixta did in "The Storm"
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