Kate Chopin The Story Of An Hour Women Essay

In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour,” the role of women is depicted through Louise Mallard’s view during the 18th and 19th century. Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis Missouri on February 8, 1850. At the age of four her father died in a train accident which is similar to the supposed death of Brently Mallard in the short story. Characters in Chopin’s stories are based around diversity such as Southern Belles, Arcadians, Creoles, Mulattos and Blacks and take place in Louisiana (“Story”). Growing up, Chopin was raised by her mother and great grandmother, this is evident in her writing, as most of her writings are centered around women. When “The Story of an Hour” was first written, a company called Century refused to publish Chopin’s short story due to the story being formed around female independence, it is said that “
After she dies the doctors arrive and they say that she dies from a “joy that kills”(Chopin 8), but they say that “even the respected medical profession misinterprets her collapse indicts the conventional view of the female devotion and suggests that Louise Mallard is not the only woman whose behavior has been misread…” (Ewell 273). Because Mallard’s heart disease had nothing to do with health, I think that is the reason why the doctors concluded her death like that. In reality they had no idea she felt like that about her marriage. The doctor would have never been able to find out about the real reason behind her collapse back in the 19th