Story Of An Hour Rhetorical Analysis
Kernel's and Satellites
Kate Chopin's story, "The Story of an Hour" is an ironic short story of a wife in the late 1800's. The story is only a few pages long and in doing so Chopin writes a story filled with kernel's (events that have important causal chronological coherence) with very few satellite's (events not logically essential to the narrative action). There were no satellites that I could find while reading the text; I found every word written essential to the narrative, the progression and the conclusion of the story.
Freytag's Pyramid and Function's
Upon examining Freytag's pyramid, I can see that the narrative does follow this diagrammatic representation of the story structure. From the inciting moment (Mrs. Mallard's heart trouble, and Mr. Mallards "death") to the climax (Mrs. Mallards becoming of a free independent person) to the catastrophe (Mrs. Mallard's death) we can follow Freytag's design. The most interesting element to the story, following Freytag's pyramid, is the reversal; Chopin surprises us in Mrs. …show more content…
Mallard being imprisoned in her station and in her life, which is probably her marriage alone.
"There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair (261)." The fact that the chair faces a window (and an open window especially) shows a longing to be free; it doesn't mean that she isn't allowed outdoors, but it symbolizes her feelings of being trapped. The chair is roomy and comfortable, this implies that she spends a lot of time at this window, an uncomfortable chair would not be practical or enjoyable.
"When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. (262)." Mrs. Mallard's repetition of the word "free", following this quote, certainly suggests imprisonment, what I find interesting is the narrator's use of language; words relating to abandon are used throughout the narrative and the whispered word escapes her lips.
Chopin a
Kate Chopin's story, "The Story of an Hour" is an ironic short story of a wife in the late 1800's. The story is only a few pages long and in doing so Chopin writes a story filled with kernel's (events that have important causal chronological coherence) with very few satellite's (events not logically essential to the narrative action). There were no satellites that I could find while reading the text; I found every word written essential to the narrative, the progression and the conclusion of the story.
Freytag's Pyramid and Function's
Upon examining Freytag's pyramid, I can see that the narrative does follow this diagrammatic representation of the story structure. From the inciting moment (Mrs. Mallard's heart trouble, and Mr. Mallards "death") to the climax (Mrs. Mallards becoming of a free independent person) to the catastrophe (Mrs. Mallard's death) we can follow Freytag's design. The most interesting element to the story, following Freytag's pyramid, is the reversal; Chopin surprises us in Mrs. …show more content…
Mallard being imprisoned in her station and in her life, which is probably her marriage alone.
"There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair (261)." The fact that the chair faces a window (and an open window especially) shows a longing to be free; it doesn't mean that she isn't allowed outdoors, but it symbolizes her feelings of being trapped. The chair is roomy and comfortable, this implies that she spends a lot of time at this window, an uncomfortable chair would not be practical or enjoyable.
"When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. (262)." Mrs. Mallard's repetition of the word "free", following this quote, certainly suggests imprisonment, what I find interesting is the narrator's use of language; words relating to abandon are used throughout the narrative and the whispered word escapes her lips.
Chopin a