Kate Chopin's Story Of An Hour, Happiness Or Tragedy?
“Story of an hour”, happiness or tragedy?
Kate Chopin, an American writer born in 1850, is best recognized for her short, but meaningful stories for children and adults. Although Chopin was way ahead of her time, her work was well criticized for the experts across the country. Chopin was considered a leader writer with “a native aptitude for narration amounting almost to genius.” (Garrett) Chopin was married, and after her husband passed away, she was into a deep debt. The implications and consequences of being married impacted Chopin’s life, leading her into writing to avoid the depression that was taking power over her. In “Story of an hour,” first published in Vogue in 1894, Chopin suggests that a person’s happiness should not depend on …show more content…
“When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.” (Chopin 16) In my opinion, Mrs Mallard’s death remains a mystery to me. Is the author referring to the joy of seeing her husband alive and healthy, or the joy that she experienced during the alleged death? After feeling extremely free Mrs Mallard realizes that her freedom only lasted an hour. Extremely frustrating to see how her happiness was flipping away. Reality is sometimes callous. Chopin lost her husband and she fell in a deep depression, so I wonder if the unexpected ending of “Story of an hour” was a reflection of her actual desire. Her death instead of her husband’s death, perhaps her happiness when her husband died. In addition, Mrs Mallard is described as a person with a heart condition. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble,” (Chopin 16) statement that appears right at the beginning of the story and can be interpreted in more than one way. Perhaps Mrs Mallard was not sick in body but in soul. Heart trouble symbolizes how afflicted Mrs Mallard was feeling, affliction that ended up affecting her
Kate Chopin, an American writer born in 1850, is best recognized for her short, but meaningful stories for children and adults. Although Chopin was way ahead of her time, her work was well criticized for the experts across the country. Chopin was considered a leader writer with “a native aptitude for narration amounting almost to genius.” (Garrett) Chopin was married, and after her husband passed away, she was into a deep debt. The implications and consequences of being married impacted Chopin’s life, leading her into writing to avoid the depression that was taking power over her. In “Story of an hour,” first published in Vogue in 1894, Chopin suggests that a person’s happiness should not depend on …show more content…
“When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.” (Chopin 16) In my opinion, Mrs Mallard’s death remains a mystery to me. Is the author referring to the joy of seeing her husband alive and healthy, or the joy that she experienced during the alleged death? After feeling extremely free Mrs Mallard realizes that her freedom only lasted an hour. Extremely frustrating to see how her happiness was flipping away. Reality is sometimes callous. Chopin lost her husband and she fell in a deep depression, so I wonder if the unexpected ending of “Story of an hour” was a reflection of her actual desire. Her death instead of her husband’s death, perhaps her happiness when her husband died. In addition, Mrs Mallard is described as a person with a heart condition. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble,” (Chopin 16) statement that appears right at the beginning of the story and can be interpreted in more than one way. Perhaps Mrs Mallard was not sick in body but in soul. Heart trouble symbolizes how afflicted Mrs Mallard was feeling, affliction that ended up affecting her