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    Compare Contrast The Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" and William Faulkner’s "A Rosefor Emily" both characterize the nature of marriage and womanhood bydelving into the psyches of their female protagonists. Also‚ althoughChopin makes no clear reference to geographic locale in "The Story of anHour‚" both authors usually set their stories in the American South‚ whichimpacts these characterizations. These two tales share many other points ofreference in common

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    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 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

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    expectation work by oppressing the individual free will thus erasing the individual freedom in controlling their own life. Yet‚ free will is the one ability humankind need to survive and live a meaningful life. In “The Story of

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    During Kate Chopin’s marriage she resided in Louisiana where the laws favored the husband in a type of patriarchal code. At the time women were subjected to a lesser role and the husband’s will was freely imposed upon their wives. In “The Story of an Hour” much of Chopin’s desire for the prospect of freedom is reflected to us through the character of Mrs. Mallard. The societal norms of the late 1800’s dictated that women would assume the feminine role and live for their husbands; as a woman’s place

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    1. When and where was the story written or told? What historical‚ social‚ or cultural background might be needed to understand or explain what the story is about? You can expect by the language and the resources that they had‚ that the story was set in olden times. Since modern electricity was installed in homes during the end of the 19th century you can expect that the story was placed in the 19th century or the early 20th. This is due to them not having modern electricity and being not very wealthy

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    In the story "The Lady with the Dog" by Chekhov is an obvious love story from the very beginning. It is known that Dmitry is a womanizer but when he first lays his eyes on Anna you can almost feel the smirk on his face of surprised happiness. It was just something a little different that he has never felt before‚ even though he tries to be somewhat arrogant about it. The story is very emotional and it brings a loveless‚ stiff marriage on both ends to life. This is nothing special‚ a loveless marriage

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    For Hours and Hours and Hours “Its all your fault‚ don’t deny it.” he was calm collected and obviously aware of the victory to come. “No... I did nothing‚” my sister yelled at him‚ oblivious to how childish she sounded‚ rage was hidden in her voice. Honestly I don’t know why she stays with him‚ they argue when nothing is wrong. He can’t even support himself‚ I don’t know why she tolerates him forgetting dates and birthdays. She could do so much better‚ but I guess shes afraid to lose him.

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    Firstly‚ Christopher was demonstrated as a disabled child who should not have his own independence‚ when his dad read the book Christopher was writing and asked Christopher about the rules he had told Christopher to follow‚ Christopher said “not to mention Mr. Shears’ name in our house and not to go asking Ms. Shears or anyone about who killed that bloody dog. And not to go trespassing in other people’s gardens. And to stop this ridiculous bloody detective game. Except I haven’t done any of those

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    soundless manner and then he detached to planks from the floor and placed the body in the ground so cleverly that no one would be able to detect it. The title of the story “The Tell Tale Heart” indeed foreshadowed the upcoming events that progressed after the murder. The visit of the town officers played a very important part of the story‚ as the two gentlemen question the narrator about the complaints from the neighbors of a strange sound coming from his home. The officers remained in the house for

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    Feminine Self-Assertion in “The Story of an Hour” Xuding Wang 1 English Department‚ Tamkang University Abstract This essay attempts to prove that Kate Chopin explores feminine selfhood in a patriarchal society through the heroine’s spiritual journey to freedom in “The Story of an Hour.” In this story‚ Chopin presents us with a picture of a complicated and complex development of Louise Mallard’s spiritual awakening triggered by the false news of her husband’s death in a train accident. Louise

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