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    Kate Chopin was able to amaze her readers‚ as well as paralyze their emotions. In Kate Chopin’s storyStory of An Hour” she was able to take you through sadness‚ relief‚ surprise. The main character Mrs.Mallard who was presumed to be a loving housewife was told her loving husband was kill in a tragic train accident. Through this news‚ Mrs.Mallard begins to feel abandoned‚ fearful. As she further digested the news of her husband death Mrs. Mallard also began to feel independent‚ free and happy. Her

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    Throughout “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ it shows a woman‚ somewhat overjoyed with her husbands passing. These emotions are expressed through the language used to describe Louise’s emotions as she fluctuates between numbness and extreme joy at her newfound freedom. “Free! Body and soul free” she whispered. Free from the binds of her husband‚ but also somewhat saddened of his passing. When the narrator described her emotions‚ the words used are full of life and powerful. This suggests that

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    April‚ 6‚ 2016 Kate Choplin in her story‚ “the story of an hour‚” tries to give a brief introduction of the era when men were considered the supreme power in the household and the wives were there to love‚ trust and embrace their husband. Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist‚ “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same‚ with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance…."(Choplin 3)‚ feels the euphoria of freedom‚ when she comes to know about her husband’s death rather than

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    In most story that is considered “interesting”‚ there usually are two storylines told parallel to each other‚ one of the protagonist and one of the antagonist‚ and for most cases‚ the one of the antagonist is wrongful‚ is black and is unfavoured. We define an antagonist is a person or group of people who oppose the main character‚ an antagonist can ether be a human or a non-human. To be very honest‚ antagonists barely received any love or sympathy from the audience. The audience‚ seem to always

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    Rhetorical Analysis of The Story of an Hour In 1984 Kate Chopin wrote the short story ‘The Story of an Hour’. Chopin‚ born O’Flaherty in 1851‚ is considered one of the most important women in the 19th century American fiction. She is best known for her novel ‘The Awakening’. Her short stories revolve around the way women were treated in this century. The story is about a woman known as Mrs. Mallard and she had problems with her heart. Her husband was involved

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    Kate Chopin was a novelist and American short story writer. In 1894‚ Chopin wrote a particularly intriguing short story‚ The Story of an Hour‚ about a woman who was trying to escape society’s judgemental image of women. In Chopin’s story‚ Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist‚ feels distressed and restricted because of the expectations society holds for women as subordinate to men. When the protagonist’s

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    the late 19th century‚ much of society held on to the belief that women were inferior to men and should remain dependent upon them. In The Story of an Hour‚ Mrs. Mallard represents repressed women of the time period who desired freedom from their lives due to their unhappiness within their marriages as a result of the restrictions placed upon them. The story starts with Louise receiving news that her husband has been killed in a horrendous railroad disaster. Due to her heart condition‚ Louise’s

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    When people think of protagonists and antagonists they think of these people: Batman and Joker‚ Superman and Lex Luthor‚ and Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. Generally protagonists are the heroes and antagonists are the villains. However‚ in The Book Thief the author‚ Markus Zusak‚ intentionally chooses the protagonist and antagonist to be different. Liesel is the protagonist and her progress is slowed by Death‚ the narrator. Death is the antagonist‚ but he does not mean to go against Liesel or hurt

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    Mrs. Mallard died from the sorrow and awareness of her husband’s existence. In “The Story of an Hour”‚ it states‚ “She wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment‚ in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone” (Chopin). At first‚ Mrs. Mallard expressed grief towards the passing of her husband. Although‚ she kept her real feelings toward the event inside. Mrs. Mallard put on a shield to the world for the characters in the book to believe that she

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    “The Story of an Hour” In “The Necklace” and “The Story of an Hour” both Guy de Maupassant and Kate Chopin use irony and descriptive narration to portray Mathilde Loisel and Margaret Mallard as female protagonists whose thoughts and actions are at odds with the expectations of society and the norms of 19th century marriage. These stories were written in a time when women were expected to abide by certain rules and standards placed on them by society and marriage. In both stories the authors

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