The story of an hour describes several emotional stages that a woman undergoes after she learns about her husband’s death. The unexpected changes in her emotions lead the authors to view her differently as the story proceeds. Kate Chopin‚ the author of The Story of an hour‚ suggests that all human relationships‚ in this case the marriage‚ is oppressive‚ either intentionally or unintentionally‚ in its nature‚ and that the idea of freedom is forbidden‚ though people long for it. Her sophisticated characterization
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The author uses many literary elements in the short story. Some are personification‚ imagery‚ and similes. Personification is stated in the line that follows: "she was young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression‚" This element shows how strongly she is in repression. It makes the reader actually feel how depressing her life with her husband was. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. "The delicious breath
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Name : Huriyatul Fikri Subject : Introduction of Literary Study NPM : 2009.111.008 Story of an Hour Style Diction (choice of words) • The words mostly polysyllabic • The words use formal(literary) • The words has connotative meaning e.g. in paragraph 8. • The words are abstract e.g. in paragraph 1 • The words are pleasant sounding Sentences Structure • Sentence length is medium‚ mostly more than 5 words‚ the sentence length is very effective it is appropriate with
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In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour”‚ Kate Chopin conveys the truth‚ the thoughts about freedom and new opportunities can take over someone’s mind with many positives‚ but society will try to intervene with these thoughts of freedom. The author shows this when Louise whispers and thinks about being free through repetition‚ Josephine trying to talk Louise out of her thoughts of freedom saying she is thinking mad as well as Louise seeing her husband again‚ which ends her thoughts about freedom
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The Story of an Hour vs. the Yellow Wallpaper "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ and "The Story of an Hour‚" by Kate Chopin‚ are stories written in the late 1800’s. Women in these days were repressed and did not have the freedom to go and do as they pleased. Both stories were also written from a feminist point of view. The women in these stories are similar as well as different in several ways. Kate Chopin ’s "The Story of an Hour" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman ’s "The Yellow
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has a literary style that is dependent on techniques such as Irony‚ Juxtaposition‚ and Symbolism to bring this short story to life and leave an impact on the reader. Through these literary devices Kate Chopin is able to add emphasis on her on beliefs and attitudes that alter the perception on female roles in the text and at the time this short story was composed. The Story of an Hour is engulfed in one giant juxtaposition after the other. “There were patches of blue sky…above the other in the west
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“A Wagner Matinee” and “The Story of an Hour” On the surface‚ “A Wagner Matinee” and “The Story of an Hour” seem like completely different stories‚ with a dissimilar plot and unlike settings. “A Wagner Matinee” is a story about the effects and hardships of living on the Great Plains‚ and the sustaining power of music on the human spirit‚ while “The Story of an Hour” expresses the constraints of marriage in the 19th century. However‚ after thoroughly reading both stories‚ one can observe several similarities
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both The Story of an Hour and An Act of Vengeance‚ the female protagonists realize they’re trapped in a male dominated environment. Both Mrs. Mallard and Dulce Rosa are stuck in certain roles and are expected to fulfill specific expectations from males in their lives. It is important to notice the setting of these two stories. It was a time period in which women were not treated equally as men; the society the characters lived in expected them to be a certain way. In The Story of an Hour‚ Mrs. Mallard
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The short story “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin was about a lady named Louise Mallard finding out her husband has died. Mrs. Mallards reaction to hearing her husband death wasn’t your typical reaction. What I mean by that was when Louise got the news she just locked herself in her room alone saying to herself free at last. She loved her husband but wanted nothing more than to be free from him being controlling. Mrs. Mallard suffered from a heart condition which is why in the story her sister Josephine
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Literary Analysis In Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour “Mrs. Mallard is characterized as a fragile woman with” heart trouble” (para.1). Richards‚ a friend of her husband‚ hears the news of the train accident first‚ at the newspaper. Knowledge of Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition‚ prompts Richards to contact her sister‚ Josephine‚ to deliver the news. “She wept at once” (para.3). Then Mrs. Mallard went away to her room. Chopin describes Mrs. Mallard as weak and maybe heart broken. Josephine
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