Irony And Symbolism In Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour
The Story of an Hour shows an obvious theme, situational irony and symbolism. It all starts when Josephine and Richard tell Louise that her husband has passed away in a terrible train accident, Richard claims to have waited to confirm the death of his friend with a second telegram. Then at the end of the story Bentley is alive and Louise is the one who has passed on. The open window in Louise’s room symbolizes her new freedom after finding out that her husband is gone. When she is told of her husbands death she reacts frightened and sad but as she begins to realize the opportunities of her husband being dead she feels some joy. We begin to think that she may have had a tuff relationship since she now feels free. The story teaches us that
there are certain situations where your want to be sad but deep down inside you are guilty of being happy which can also be stated as a forbidden happiness. When Louise finds out that her husband has had a terrible accident she reacts like she is devastated which is usually how you’re suppose to react when something like this happens. Then when she in alone in her room she starts to think and actually realizes that she’s happy that now she is free. When she says that she is free it sort of makes you think that she was in a forced relationship where she was not happy. When we find out that Louise’s husband had an accident we automatically think that she will be devastated for a long period of time, but in reality we find out that she is a big happy that she is now free. The situational irony in the story is very easy to notice with her happiness and the accident. We can’t believe that somebody could have even one bit of happiness in his or her body after finding out someone had an accident. The Story of an Hour actually got me thinking what people would think if they believed that I had a terrible accident and had passed on. Would they be happy, or would they be sincerely sad? The story did include an obvious theme, some situational irony and some symbolism.
there are certain situations where your want to be sad but deep down inside you are guilty of being happy which can also be stated as a forbidden happiness. When Louise finds out that her husband has had a terrible accident she reacts like she is devastated which is usually how you’re suppose to react when something like this happens. Then when she in alone in her room she starts to think and actually realizes that she’s happy that now she is free. When she says that she is free it sort of makes you think that she was in a forced relationship where she was not happy. When we find out that Louise’s husband had an accident we automatically think that she will be devastated for a long period of time, but in reality we find out that she is a big happy that she is now free. The situational irony in the story is very easy to notice with her happiness and the accident. We can’t believe that somebody could have even one bit of happiness in his or her body after finding out someone had an accident. The Story of an Hour actually got me thinking what people would think if they believed that I had a terrible accident and had passed on. Would they be happy, or would they be sincerely sad? The story did include an obvious theme, some situational irony and some symbolism.