How Did Kate Chopin Write The Story Of An Hour
Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour
“The Story of an Hour” is a short story written on April 19, 1894 by an American author Kate Chopin, born Katherine O’Flaherty (1850-1904). She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century. She wrote short stories which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Youth's Companion.
“The Story of an Hour” was originally published in Vogue on December 6, 1894 as "The Dream of an Hour". It was first reprinted in St. Louis Life on January 5, 1895 as "The Story of an Hour."
The story begins with a tragic news for Mrs. Mallard – her sister and her husband’s friend Richards impart her news of Mr. Mallard’s death. At first she begins weeping but when the storm of grief is spent she goes to her room. There, she is sitting in front of an open window mourning the loss of her husband. Gradually, she begins to feel an unexpected sense of exhilaration. She understands that she’s free now. When at the moment of triumph she goes downstairs she discovers her husband standing in the doorway of their house, alive. The shock of seeing her living husband proves too much for her heart and kills her.
“The Story of an Hour” belongs to belles-lettres functional style, the …show more content…
This devices are: oxymoron - monstrous joy – it is used to describe the feeling when Louise realizes her freedom; epithets – her eyes are keen and bright, her perception is clear and exalted; a metaphor combined with a hyperbole - her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body; a simile - she carried herself like a goddess of Victory; a metaphor - she was drinking in a very elixir of life; the epiphoric repetition combined with parallelism - she breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be
The Story of an Hour
“The Story of an Hour” is a short story written on April 19, 1894 by an American author Kate Chopin, born Katherine O’Flaherty (1850-1904). She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century. She wrote short stories which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Youth's Companion.
“The Story of an Hour” was originally published in Vogue on December 6, 1894 as "The Dream of an Hour". It was first reprinted in St. Louis Life on January 5, 1895 as "The Story of an Hour."
The story begins with a tragic news for Mrs. Mallard – her sister and her husband’s friend Richards impart her news of Mr. Mallard’s death. At first she begins weeping but when the storm of grief is spent she goes to her room. There, she is sitting in front of an open window mourning the loss of her husband. Gradually, she begins to feel an unexpected sense of exhilaration. She understands that she’s free now. When at the moment of triumph she goes downstairs she discovers her husband standing in the doorway of their house, alive. The shock of seeing her living husband proves too much for her heart and kills her.
“The Story of an Hour” belongs to belles-lettres functional style, the …show more content…
This devices are: oxymoron - monstrous joy – it is used to describe the feeling when Louise realizes her freedom; epithets – her eyes are keen and bright, her perception is clear and exalted; a metaphor combined with a hyperbole - her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body; a simile - she carried herself like a goddess of Victory; a metaphor - she was drinking in a very elixir of life; the epiphoric repetition combined with parallelism - she breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be