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    2015 A Character Analysis of Mrs. Mallard in “The Story of an Hour” “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a short story which tells a feeble woman’s brief encounter with independence‚ and Mrs. Mallard has to face sentiments of sadness at her husband’s death. As with plentiful prosperous short stories‚ however‚ the story does not end calmly at this point. Mrs. Mallard tragically passes away because of a heart attack while her husband abruptly comes back home. At this moment‚ we can touch Mrs. Mallard’s

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    beginning of “The Story of an Hour”‚ grief overwhelms Mrs. Mallard because of the loss of her husband.  This makes Mrs. Mallard seem emotionally weak. It makes women appear to be emotionally weaker than men.  It would be normal for her to be upset with the death of her husband‚ but the story has two people telling her the bad news‚ her sister and her husband’s friend.  Mrs. Mallard also has problems with her heart which show her to be a weaker person from the start.  Mrs. Mallard is immediately shown

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    Mrs. Mallard is a character who takes on many forms and emotions throughout this short story. I found myself constantly picturing many different images of‚ and emotions for her throughout this story. We are told she “was afflicted with a heart trouble” (174). So Initially I pictured a very week feeble woman with gray hair and lots of wrinkles. I initially feel a lot of sympathy for this woman as she is already suffering from heart problems‚ now she has lost her husband. I soon learned this is just

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    non-fiction work “The Story of An Hour” gives a detailed account of what Mrs. Mallard feels after heartbreak. Mrs. Mallard is inflicted with heart trouble as her husband dies. She feels there are freedoms and opportunities for her to take advantage of along with the grievance of her husband’s death. These complex issues are accounted for in her brief characterization of her last hour of life. Ironically her husband did not pass away‚ but she still creates a tragic ending. Mrs. Mallard is presented as

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    In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin writes of a Mrs. Mallard that has just been told of her husband’s death. When she first hears the news‚ Mrs. Mallard is saddened and in tears so she locks herself in a room to be alone. Although at first it seems to be so she can be alone in her sorrow‚ but eventually the reader begins to understand that Mrs. Mallard isn’t distraught or devastated like a normal wife that had just learned that her husband had died‚ she’s seems pretty indifferent (albeit shocked

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    The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin depicts a character by the name of Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard is an older woman who has heart troubles and is being given the news of a railroad disaster in which her husband‚ Brently Mallard‚ was killed. Her situation may happen to others pretty often but most people believe that this is a one in a million occurrence because it hasn’t happened too often. However‚ the situation in which Mrs. Mallard currently finds herself in ties into the rest of the work because

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    brief but effective characterization of the supposedly widowed Louise Mallard in her last hour of life. After discovering that her husband has died in a train accident‚ Mrs. Mallard faces conflicting emotions of grief at her husband’s death and joy at the prospects for freedom in the remainder of her life. The latter emotion eventually takes precedence in her thoughts. As with many successful short stories‚ however‚ the story does not end peacefully at this point but instead creates a climactic twist

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    Examination of Character Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” details the emotional process of a certain Louise Mallard as she copes with news of her husband’s recent death. The story experiences a change of tone partway through‚ as it soon becomes clear that Mrs. Mallard‚ while initiatially shaken‚ is in fact elated by the news of her late husband’s untimely demise. One can actually notice Mrs. Mallard’s entire mood and outlook shift dramatically during the course of the story‚ as her true motivations

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    Louisiana where the laws favored the husband in a type of patriarchal code. At the time women were subjected to a lesser role and the husband’s will was freely imposed upon their wives. In “The Story of an Hour” much of Chopin’s desire for the prospect of freedom is reflected to us through the character of Mrs. Mallard. The societal norms of the late 1800’s dictated that women would assume the feminine role and live for their husbands; as a woman’s place was to reside in the shadow of her man. Through the

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    Tartuffe’s lust‚ and the articulate servant girl‚ Dorine‚ confront the immediate situation with pragmatic inventiveness… [for] both women have a clear sense of right and wrong. Within the short story‚ The Story of an Hour‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ the tale of an eluded housewife’s true emotions are liberated. Mrs. Mallard‚ a women distressed with a heart disorder‚ went through life married to a man she felt trapped and held bondage to. She hid away these most undesirable emotions‚ like any common 1800’s wife

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