Oppression Of Women In Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

The role of women in society has been ever changing. Women have spoken out against gender inequality in laws and culture as early as the 18th century. Through the eyes of a male chauvinist, a women's sole purpose is to raise the young, keep up the house, and perform other tedious undermining duties. In The Story of an Hour, Louise Mallard was not a master of her fate. Louise’s feeling of utter lack of control over her life starved her of happiness, the way lack of oxygen starves a flame; she would only ever be able to take charge of her life at the expense of her husband’s. Author Kate Chopin questions the institution of marriage from a feminist perspective in a clearly rebellious way, as Lousie escapes the shackles of male oppression in “The