Mu’nisah Ujima Mr. Johnson ENGL 1101 SMHS October 27‚ 2016 Literary Analysis: Story of an Hour “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.” This line‚ by itself you may interpret as the character going through happiness or joy before he or she dies. However in Kate Chopin story “Story of an Hour”‚ this can be interpreted in a totally different way. The story conveys a variety of emotions and thoughts for the reader and the character. Kate Chopin use
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Chopin tackles complex issues involved in the relationship among female independence‚ love‚ and marriage through her 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
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Cardiomyopathy The heart is the most important muscle in the body. According to Patient “The heart has four chambers‚ two atria and two ventricles. The walls of these chambers are mainly made of specialized heart muscle called the myocardium.” [1] Usually‚ the heart is a size of a fist. The main function of the heart is pumping the blood around the body. However‚ there are a lot of diseases that can affect the heart such as cardiomyopathy‚ which is the main character of the heart can not work efficiently
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awakening with the beginning of life in the spring season. To unify the story under a central theme‚ Chopin both begins and ends with a statement about Louise Mallard’s heart trouble‚ which turns out to have both a physical and a mental component. In the first paragraph of “The Story of an Hour‚” Chopin uses the term “heart trouble” primarily in a medical sense‚ but over the course of the story‚ Mrs. Mallard’s presumed frailty seems to be largely a result of psychological repression rather than
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The body system that most interests me is the cardiovascular system‚ I chose this system because I’m fascinated with how the heart works and how the blood flows throughout our whole body. The heart is a muscle that contracts which allows blood to be pushed throughout the body. The heart provides many nutrients and blood to the whole body along with many vital organs. The heart is spilt into four chambers: the right atrium‚ left atrium‚ left ventricle‚ and right ventricle. The blood flow starts in the
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also teaches an important lesson. The definition of irony is “using words to imply the opposite of what they are normally mean.” The reader can observe many instances of irony from “The Story of an Hour.” In the short story‚ Louise Mallard’s weak heart undergoes big transformations within a very short time by three different types of irony: situational irony‚ verbal irony‚ and dramatic irony. First‚ situational irony is used in “The Story of an Hour” to show turn to the reader. Situational irony
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Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble‚ great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death. I believe that someone that was diagnosed extensive heart trouble in the mid 1800’s would be easily be susceptible to heart attack‚ or death. Another main point in this sentence is the immediate introduction of the death of Mrs. Mallards husband‚ as it strives to enlighten the reader quickly of the correlation between her heart trouble and her husband. This gives
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Chopin (1851-1904) who is an American writer of short stories and novels. The story ‚set in the house of Mr Mallard‚ unfolds a one-hour span of life，from spiritually reborn to physically death‚ of Ms Mallard. Concerned with Ms Mallard’ affliction of heart trouble‚ great care was taken by her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richard ‚who worked in the newspaper office and double-checked the truth when the news of Mr. Mallard’ death arrived‚ before they broke to her this grievous news . Hit
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beginning when Kate Chopin writes‚ “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble‚ great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husbands death.” This device hints that such news could cause Mrs. Mallard to have a heart complication‚ which could kill her. Knowing this‚ the author has put the audience on edge for the duration of the story until her fate is given. With the “heart trouble” in mind‚ the audience is able to contemplate the possibilities while interpreting
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