The stoy of an hour

The character, plot, and setting are three among other important elements that a story must contain. In “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin like all stories has plot, characters, and of course a setting. This short story is a fascinating piece on breaking news to someone with health problems and in the end everything turns out completely different than what you expect. This female author lived from the dates of (1851-1904). The story took place in 1894 when women did not have a lot rights, but to be a stay at home wife. This story consists of many characters Louise Mallard, Josephine, Richard and Brently. Louise Mallard is one of the main characters. She is Brently wife and suffers from heard problems. Josephine is Louise’s sister, and is the one who has to break news to her sister. Richard is Mr. Mallard’s friend and is the one that goes to the news office to confirm the death of her husband. Brently is Louise husband who is on the list of deaths and is assumed dead. Plot is defined as a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. Louise Mallard is the protagonist character with in the story. She must be told by her sister, Josephine, and her husband’s friend, Richard, that her husband, Brently, has just died in a train accident in a very sensitive way. When Louise is first told about her husband’s death she begins to sob and goes up to her room. In her room she sits in her rocking chair and looks out the window, as she is looking out the window repeating the word, Free!, over and over to herself. Looking out the window she sees and smells all that is freedom to her. She hears someone singing, and there are fluffy white clouds in the

Sky. She feels apprehensive and tries to suppress the building emotions within her. Her heart beats quickly, and she feels very warm. In the