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    read are different but the same in many ways. I will give you a brief description of each story then i will tell you the comparisons and the contrasts of each story. They both have the same ending‚ kinda. They are both about life. The Story of an hour is about a lady with heart troubles finding out her husband is dead. She doesn’t react the same way any wife would‚ she goes up to her room and sits up there looking out the window at all that is below. She sits up there and thinks about how she is

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    The Three Elements In the story‚ “The Story of an Hour”‚ was about a lady‚ Louise Mallard‚ who finds out that her husband passed away from a train accident. The poor lady already had heart problems so her friends try to break the news easy so the news won’t kill her. The theme of “The Story of an Hour” is that not all relationships are the best. Being in the 1800’s‚ women didn’t have the freedom like we have now. Most females back then were your typical housewife. Stayed home and cleaned‚ cooked

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    Pleasure of Freedom to Death The name of the story is “An Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ the author explained this story through the implicit sense of character reaction after hearing her husband death news from her sister. Mrs. Mallards who is not happy wife due to the author‚ she didn’t react really hard as usually women do after listening to the tragic news of husband death. It is maybe because she was not happy with her husband‚ she can’t leave him before because it was against parent’s reputation

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    “The Story of an Hour” In Kate Choping’s story published in 1894‚ “The story of an Hour”‚ Mrs. Mallard a young humble wife heard about her husband’s accident‚ and then later realized to herself that she was “free”. The story concluded with the return of Mrs. Mallard’s husband‚ which caused her to die from heart disease and her freedom to be lost. To aid readers in understanding the fact that Mrs. Mallard freedom was short lived Kate Chopin uses images of weakness and happiness along

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    “The story of an hour‚” by Kate Chopin focuses on the idea of freedom. This short story is about the protagonist‚ named Louise‚ who finds out that her husband has been in an accident and died. She has many feelings‚ but the one that she enjoyed the most was the freedom she would now have. “Hence‚ Brentley’s death is not tragic to her because it gives her own life back to her” (Rosenblum‚ 7). Her freedom is quickly taken away from her‚ when her husband walks through the front door. The theme is‚ even

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    isn’t strong enough to mend their differences. Gail Godwin’s "A Sorrowful Woman" and Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" both revolve around women experience just that and feel trapped within their own marriages. While both protagonists start off as committed and loving women devoted to their family‚ personal torment eventually lead both of them to death. In both "The Story of an Hour" and "A Sorrowful Woman‚" the main protagonist is a woman. Chopin’s protagonist Mrs. Mallard is a loving and caring

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    “The Story of An Hour‚” written by Kate Chopin‚ presents a man dominant society. In which‚ women are portrayed as powerless‚ with non-existent rights‚ or freedoms. Throughout this story women are dependent on men and forced into loveless marriages‚ having no say in the relationship they are invested in. Through a feminist critical perspective‚ this short story supports a patriarchal society that is presented through marriage and women’s lack of freedoms. “The Story of An Hour‚” begins by introducing

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    My favorite fictional short story from this unit would be “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. I found it to be very intriguing how Chopin was able to capture the readers’ interest at the exposition and keep it stable until the exciting climax was presented. At the beginning of the story‚ Chopin introduced the characters and explained the situation‚ but she also included the upsetting news that the story revolves around‚ within the very first sentence. The readers began to feel sympathetic towards

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    “Story Of An Hour” was written in 1894‚ which was in a time period where women did not really have much power or say in anything that went on. Women were really the ones that stayed home and took care of the family and tended to the house‚ while the husbands went out and worked. Women really stayed out of the lime light and their opinions were never heard or considered. Even though women had desires and feelings‚ those feelings were never heard of. Women did not dare speak out about their feelings

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    make her feel overwhelmed with happiness after she finds out her husband has just died? What is the price of freedom? Is karma a real effect of what happens in our lives? These are the kind of questions I asked myself after reading “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. This short story is a beautiful piece of artwork. The details that Chopin shares within the text is beautiful. There is a lot of area for your imagination to wander around and create different interpretations. Chopin depicts the tale

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