Story Of An Hour Summary
Reality of “The Story of an Hour”
Freedom is one of the most important things, even when it interferes with being married. Kate Choplin wrote novels, and short stories about topics related to the time period, like stated in the statement “The feminist movement had barely begun, and in Louisiana, women were still considered to be their husbands’ lawful property” (spark notes). To explain this better, “The Story of an Hour” takes place in the 1800’s in the Midwest in a two story house.. “The Story of an Hour” conveys that the literal meaning of happiness is not always what one thinks it is, especially when coming to personal freedom in marriage.
Firstly, Choplin uses a variety of characters to get the story across clearly and suggests that …show more content…
Choplin leads the readers up to the point they understand that marriage is not as important as imagined; one’s individual thoughts are more important in a mental sense. Louise is told about her husband’s death which makes her sad and want to weep for days, to the point she doesn’t want to do anything else. She decides to go to her room, and just sit there thinking about what to do next. “When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one to follow her” (Choplin 3). She then saw out her window that it was spring, which mean “new life”, and she felt this feeling inside of her that she could not grasp right away until it came from the clouds. The climax is when the words “Free, free, free” (Choplin 11), are repeated in her head meaning she was free and could have time to herself and did not have to worry about her husband. She now realized what was more important to her; personal insight, and that love was not the strongest thing anymore. Her sister came in and they went down the stairs, to see her husband standing there causing her to die instantly from what doctors think “…joy that kills”. (Choplin 23). She may have been happy to see her husband again, but throughout the story she is striving for freedom for herself. She realizes that her individual insight was a representation of the new “spring
Freedom is one of the most important things, even when it interferes with being married. Kate Choplin wrote novels, and short stories about topics related to the time period, like stated in the statement “The feminist movement had barely begun, and in Louisiana, women were still considered to be their husbands’ lawful property” (spark notes). To explain this better, “The Story of an Hour” takes place in the 1800’s in the Midwest in a two story house.. “The Story of an Hour” conveys that the literal meaning of happiness is not always what one thinks it is, especially when coming to personal freedom in marriage.
Firstly, Choplin uses a variety of characters to get the story across clearly and suggests that …show more content…
Choplin leads the readers up to the point they understand that marriage is not as important as imagined; one’s individual thoughts are more important in a mental sense. Louise is told about her husband’s death which makes her sad and want to weep for days, to the point she doesn’t want to do anything else. She decides to go to her room, and just sit there thinking about what to do next. “When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one to follow her” (Choplin 3). She then saw out her window that it was spring, which mean “new life”, and she felt this feeling inside of her that she could not grasp right away until it came from the clouds. The climax is when the words “Free, free, free” (Choplin 11), are repeated in her head meaning she was free and could have time to herself and did not have to worry about her husband. She now realized what was more important to her; personal insight, and that love was not the strongest thing anymore. Her sister came in and they went down the stairs, to see her husband standing there causing her to die instantly from what doctors think “…joy that kills”. (Choplin 23). She may have been happy to see her husband again, but throughout the story she is striving for freedom for herself. She realizes that her individual insight was a representation of the new “spring