Gervanna Stephens Instructor – Mrs. Lucinda Peart ENGL331 – Literary Criticism 6 December 2011 Feminism and its function in a critical reading of the short stories The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the poem “Poem in Praise of Menstruation” by Lucille Clifton. The Feminist movement began as an attempt to underscore the despotism of the patriarchal society that is reflected exceedingly in literature and permit women to be established as
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Chopin ’s The Story of An Hour is an intriguing work that leaves the reader wondering whether Louis Mallard ’s awakening was spiritual or physical. Many critics like to pick one side of the argument and stick to it‚ however the reader must realize that it is a combination of the two. In his essay Chopin ’s The Story of an Hour‚ Daniel P. Deneau‚ a decorated literary critic‚ suggests some possible interpretations of the story. Deneau points out many different examples through out the story to show how
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Analysis of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin’s “the story of an hour” presents the story of a wife in 1894‚ in a time when society norms underestimated women needs. The story mainly explores the reaction of a wife‚ who suffers of heart trouble‚ to her husband’s death. The story begins with her sister’s and family’s friend’s struggle to break the news to her; the story then transports the reader through the development of Mrs. Mallard’s different emotions. Mrs. Mallard passes from
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issues that stands out is the issue of gender‚ which the stories “The Story of an Hour” and “Miss Brill”. These stories are relevant to the issue of gender because they were both written during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this time period women were starting to protest the traditional women’s role in the family and in society‚ which effects both the characters in the story and the authors of the stories. Though these stories are different they ask the readers the question‚ how a women
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“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a story about Mrs. Mallard who has been told about the news her husband’s death. Surprisingly‚ instead of being weak or mournful about the news‚ she decides to lock herself alone in a room and responds to the news as a sign of her independent life. As a result‚ Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Mrs. Mallard’s secret excitement about the news of her husband’s death suggests that under the marriage institution‚ women are forced to be obedient and can gain
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can bring to the soul. I have known the darkness of occasional brooding‚ but I would dwell most upon a struggle with sorrow that has sweetened my nature‚ which otherwise‚ would have been stultified by the pain. Pain‚ I have realized‚ is beautiful only when one can rise from its depressing power. I have known the people who have become bitter and cynical under the lash of sorrow‚ and I have known some who have never recovered from anguish. My experience is important only so far as it may help
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In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin‚ we are introduced to Mrs. Mallard‚ an unloving‚ heartless‚ woman who is overjoyed by the passing of her husbandor at least that is the common misconception. Mrs. Mallard although perceived as inhuman is actually more human than most would like to believe. While her actions may seem questionable or even to be condemned‚ they are hardly unthinkable in light of the issues involving marriage and the woman’s role throughout history. The story itself presents
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uses tone in the short Story “The Story of an Hour” and the differences in tone include pertinent information that is valuable to the reader. These changes in tone refer to the mood of the main character and offer a vivid image of how she processes the life-changing information that is received during the story. Symbolism is also heavily used and creates a clearer picture of the story in the mind of any reader. Symbolism can be a great way to emphasize a point in a story and can be helpful to get
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somebody else. Woman had the explicit role to do this in the past. The problem with this traditional belief is that basing a life around marriage was the only role a woman had in the past. Mrs. Mallard does not seem to of gone through the period of discovering herself before her marriage to Mr. Mallard. In “Story of an Hour‚ Kate Chopin uses irony and repetition to show that the confinements
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“The Story of an Hour‚” written by Kate Chopin‚ is set in the last decade of the 19th century. In the story‚ a woman‚ Louise Mallard‚ learns of her husband’s death in a rail accident from a close friend. As the story develops‚ Mrs. Mallard copes with her husband’s death in many ways. The setting and time period of the story affect the reader much more than any of the other elements of fiction‚ and life in the 1890s was drastically different than the life we know today. Therefore‚ if it is not understood
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