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    HEAD: THE STORY OF AN HOUR & THE NECKLACE 1 The Story of an Hour & The Necklace Cindy Rohwer ENG 125 Douglas Goss September 8‚ 2012 THE STORY OF AN

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    The Story of an Hour Theme The Story of an Hour Theme The Story of an Hour is a short story with vivid and very descriptive dialog detailing the feelings of a perhaps abused‚ neglected‚ or heartless wife. Mrs. Mallard was a woman who felt trapped and was conflicted as to how her life would end up being. She has an epiphany when she suddenly finds out that her husband was killed in a horrible accident that she was not actually in love with her husband; at least not most of the time. While

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    Short stories can be romantic‚ scary‚ sad‚ or enlightening and uplifting. No matter what the theme of stories are‚ they always have special meaning to people‚ in the same manner as poems. In this essay I will be comparing two short stories‚ called The Story of An Hour‚ and The Interlopers. Both stories share similar afflictions to the characters‚ even though both stories‚ however‚ are completely different. Both short stories are very unique‚ interesting and also go through similar conflict and issues

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    Both of these stories share many similarities and differences in their overall message. For example‚ in “The Story of an Hour” the protagonist’s major conflict deals with her joy at the sense of freedom despite her husband’s recent death while in “A&P” the protagonist must choose between rebelling against the established rules in order to achieve some freedom or conforming to the rules and leading a safe and secure life. One of the many differences between these two stories is that only Mrs. Mallard

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    Kelsey Wooten ENG 2000 Setting in “The Story of an Hour” The setting and the imagery of the setting is used to communicate "The Story of an Hour’s" theme of freedom‚ independence‚ and a new life. The story begins in a place that we are aware is public. It is in that room that Josephine tells her sister about the accident that killed her husband. Mrs. Mallard reaction is as expected. In her bedroom‚ a more private setting we see her internal thoughts about her husband’s death. The closed room

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    how powerless women were compared to men during the late eighteen hundreds in her short story entitled‚ “The Story of An Hour “. At the beginning of the story the main character‚ Mrs. Louise Mallard has a heart condition. Due to her illness‚ her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards has the hard task to tell Louise that her husband Brently Mallard has died in a train wreck. During this first hour Mrs. Mallard experiences the sorrow of her husband’s death and the loneliness she would

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    Farah Khawar Professor Brown English 131- Section 12 24 November 2014 “The Story of an Hour” Literary Analysis Essay Kate Chopin had many great works that many readers enjoyed reading because of her distinctive use of literary elements that would capture her reader’s attention instantly throughout the story. Amongst many of Kate Chopin’s most impressive works is the short story titled “The Story of an Hour”. Her short story portrays the importance of using literary affects to convey an overall astonishing

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    Symbolism in the Story of an Hour In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses characterization‚ symbols‚ and conflicts that suggest that in certain situations‚ the death of a loved one may be a blessing in disguise. Such situations may include an abusive relationship‚ or an unhappy marriage‚ as this story suggests. In Chopin’s story although the circumstances might lead the reader to believe that Mrs. Mallard’s husband’s death would cause her great pain‚ ironically‚ when she hears the news‚ she

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    Symbolism and Irony in “The Story of an Hour” “ The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard‚ who learns that her just died in an accident. As I continued to read the story I learned that Mrs. Mallard‚ was not your ordinary grieving widow‚ she is actually somewhat happy of the news of her husband’s death. Chopin uses symbolism and irony to show readers the world through Mrs. Mallard’s eyes. Symbolism was a strong term in the story‚ mainly because Chopin uses symbols

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    REPRESSION OF WOMAN IN THE 19th CENTURY Since the beginning of time‚ women have been treated as second class citizens. Therefore‚ women were forced to face many problems. Because of this women were repressed. At that time‚ the Napoleonic Code stated that women were controlled by their husbands and cannot freely do their own will without the authority of their husband. This paper shows how this is evident in the "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and " A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. In

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