Mrs. Mallard In Kate Chopin's Short Story Of An Hour '
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In the story of an hour Mrs. Mallard is the main character who has a heart condition. The story begins with learning the news her husband has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard’s sister, Josephine, is the one who tries to break the news gently due to Mrs. Mallard having a heart condition. Mrs. Mallard begins to cry and goes to her room and locks herself when while she has a few moments to herself. While in her room she begins to whisper the words free. Josephine foes to Mrs. Mallards room and begs her to open the door and she does and than the two approach the steps and go down as they come to the bottom of the steps the door flings open and it is Mr. Mallard standing there alive and well and Richard, Mr. Mallards friend tries to block his view from Mrs. Mallard but it was too late she had seen him and she knew her freedom she thought she was going to finally have was gone. In reading the story it leads a reader to believe the shock of seeing her husband alive …show more content…
after being told he was dead that the shock was too much for her heart. The doctors diagnosed that Mrs. Mallard collapsed from “joy that kills”. Mrs. Mallard had felt free after learning her husband was dead and realized the trapped feeling she had being feeling in her marriage. The story of an hour indicates the last hour of Mrs. Mallard’s life. The story of an hour was about the freedom that Mrs. Mallard had experienced briefly thinking her husband was dead and the controlling marriage was over only to see him walk in the door well and alive and the joyous feeling of being free was gone.
The story of the lottery takes place in a village where all the people are friends and know one another well. The people of this village are close and a have a tradition that happens every year which is called the lottery. All members of the village participate in this tradition where one person is chosen to be violently stoned by family and friends.
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This drawing is a tradition that has been done every year in the village for the past seventy seven years.
In reading this story it is believed that the lottery is just that and is assumed the person who is picked will win money or a prize not that the person’s fate is death by their own family and friends. The lady named Mrs. Hutchinson who wanted to not show for the event and rebel arrived late and claimed she had forgotten what day it was. The irony of Mrs. Hutchinson being late and wanting to stand for her beliefs was the one who won “the lottery” and has now been picked the one to be stoned. Mrs. Hutchinson puts on an act of happiness to be there and is friendly to all until she is picked and than her true self is shown and her selfishness comes out. Mrs. Mallard and Mrs. Hutchinson in both stories died of deaths not foreseen to a
reader.
It was not at first obvious in the stories that these two women would die and the lives of both women were not shoeing who they really were or the true feelings that either women had. Mrs. Mallard did not show how she really felt about her husband or her marriage until the news of her husband’s death and thinking she was finally free. Mrs. Hutchinson thought in showing up late to the event would benefit her and in fact this caused her to be the one to be chosen to be stoned. The stories are both a bit relevant to today’s society as it is with the assumptions people are quick to make and the stereotyping of others. There is not a problem in stereotyping others until one is caught themselves. Society tends to arrive at assumptions and stereotyping until the whole story or truth is known.
Reference
Literature, reading, reacting and writing (2011) “The Lottery” pgs. 443-449, “The story of an hour”, pgs. 197-199 Retrieved (2011) from Text Edition
In the story of an hour Mrs. Mallard is the main character who has a heart condition. The story begins with learning the news her husband has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard’s sister, Josephine, is the one who tries to break the news gently due to Mrs. Mallard having a heart condition. Mrs. Mallard begins to cry and goes to her room and locks herself when while she has a few moments to herself. While in her room she begins to whisper the words free. Josephine foes to Mrs. Mallards room and begs her to open the door and she does and than the two approach the steps and go down as they come to the bottom of the steps the door flings open and it is Mr. Mallard standing there alive and well and Richard, Mr. Mallards friend tries to block his view from Mrs. Mallard but it was too late she had seen him and she knew her freedom she thought she was going to finally have was gone. In reading the story it leads a reader to believe the shock of seeing her husband alive …show more content…
after being told he was dead that the shock was too much for her heart. The doctors diagnosed that Mrs. Mallard collapsed from “joy that kills”. Mrs. Mallard had felt free after learning her husband was dead and realized the trapped feeling she had being feeling in her marriage. The story of an hour indicates the last hour of Mrs. Mallard’s life. The story of an hour was about the freedom that Mrs. Mallard had experienced briefly thinking her husband was dead and the controlling marriage was over only to see him walk in the door well and alive and the joyous feeling of being free was gone.
The story of the lottery takes place in a village where all the people are friends and know one another well. The people of this village are close and a have a tradition that happens every year which is called the lottery. All members of the village participate in this tradition where one person is chosen to be violently stoned by family and friends.
|Running head: Comparison and Contrast essay | 3|
This drawing is a tradition that has been done every year in the village for the past seventy seven years.
In reading this story it is believed that the lottery is just that and is assumed the person who is picked will win money or a prize not that the person’s fate is death by their own family and friends. The lady named Mrs. Hutchinson who wanted to not show for the event and rebel arrived late and claimed she had forgotten what day it was. The irony of Mrs. Hutchinson being late and wanting to stand for her beliefs was the one who won “the lottery” and has now been picked the one to be stoned. Mrs. Hutchinson puts on an act of happiness to be there and is friendly to all until she is picked and than her true self is shown and her selfishness comes out. Mrs. Mallard and Mrs. Hutchinson in both stories died of deaths not foreseen to a
reader.
It was not at first obvious in the stories that these two women would die and the lives of both women were not shoeing who they really were or the true feelings that either women had. Mrs. Mallard did not show how she really felt about her husband or her marriage until the news of her husband’s death and thinking she was finally free. Mrs. Hutchinson thought in showing up late to the event would benefit her and in fact this caused her to be the one to be chosen to be stoned. The stories are both a bit relevant to today’s society as it is with the assumptions people are quick to make and the stereotyping of others. There is not a problem in stereotyping others until one is caught themselves. Society tends to arrive at assumptions and stereotyping until the whole story or truth is known.
Reference
Literature, reading, reacting and writing (2011) “The Lottery” pgs. 443-449, “The story of an hour”, pgs. 197-199 Retrieved (2011) from Text Edition