Significance Of Female Characters In The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin

Significance Of Female Characters During the Victorian Era, Kate Chopin spent most of her time writing her stories in Louisiana (KateChopin.org). In addition, her writings represent women as major characters, so she can portray that women are capable to live independently and live with enjoyment, being free from gender inequality. In Kate Chopin’s stories, “The Story of An Hour” (1894), which talks about a woman named Mrs. Mallard, who was under the Napoleonic Code in Louisiana, and “The Storm” (1899), which talks about a married woman named Calixta and her encounter with Alcee, a married man, during a ferocious storm that was ravaging Louisiana. From both stories, Mrs. Mallard and Calixta are both major characters who undergo a development and changes as the story progresses, from facing hardship due to
Since Chopin lived during the Victorian Era, an era in which women were inferior because men were in total control of their rights. The juxtaposition of “The Story Of An Hour” and “The Storm”, are some of Chopin’s stories that have similarities that talks about feminism because both of these stories represent complex women who are facing hardship and they are looking for happiness and independence, so they do not face any prejudice and hardship to obtain individual rights. Given that Chopin uses females as major characters, Chopin was able to bolster the movement of Women Rights during the 1900s, which will eventually lead to the passage of the 19th Amendment. Furthermore, the influence of the Women’s Rights Movement led to the passage of the 19th Amendment and other important legislations that contributed to the movement. Currently, women are still working hard to challenge an boundaries that they are facing like, gender discrimination and unjust