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    IB English HL Major Works Data Sheet: The Awakening | | |Author: Kate Chopin Year of publication: 1899 | | | |

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    roles have been a debating topic for years. Society sets up multiple roles for women to keep them in a secondary position. A series of feminist activities between 19th and 20th century have recorded the process of the changing of women’s status. Kate Chopin‚ a forerunner of feminist authors of late 19th century‚ wrote a short story “The Story of An Hour” to encourage the independence of women. The story tells the psychological changes of Mrs. Mallard after she got the news that her husband is dead

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    discipline and compromise. Freedom is the fact of how we choose to think and the reaction or actions of those thoughts and how they are played out in daily living. Which brings me to using marriage and freedom as topics for “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin. How is

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    suggesting flowers‚ foliage‚ animals‚ geometric patterns‚ ect.‚ used in drawing‚ painting‚ low relief‚ metalwork‚ etc.” American English Dictionary. D. “Yellow smell” Charlotte Perkins Gillman‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper 1. “It is not bad—at first‚ and very gentle‚ but quite the sublest‚ most enduring odor I ever met” Charlotte Perkins Gillman‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper. 2. “hanging over me” The Yellow Wallpaper. 3. “now I am used to it” The Yellow Wallpaper. III. Accept uncertainties A. Not knowing if what

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    Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (The Library of America‚ 2009)‚ pages 131–47. © 2009 Literary Classics of the U.S.‚ Inc. Originally appeared in New England Magazine (January 1892). Republished in The Yellow Wall Paper (1899). CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935) The Yellow Wall Paper It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion‚ a hereditary estate‚ I would say a haunted house‚ and reach the height of romantic

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    In the short story “The Story of a Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ it is written about Mrs. Mallard not knowing her husband Brently Mallard was killed in a railroad disaster. Her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richard were trying to tell her the most understanding way about his death. Knowing she has heart trouble‚ so they had to be very careful. They were able to let her know but soon everything turns into a plot twist because she discovers her husband was not killed in the railroad disaster

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    Where Does the Irony Lie? : A Deeper Look into the Plotline of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (1894) Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” has been used countless of times to represent and sometimes even define the very essence of the element of fiction that is irony. As I closely examine Chopin’s thousand word short story though‚ I find faults in its plotline that make me question whether the story truly revolves around the story’s irony or if the irony is in the narrator’s tone after all

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    The storm sets in motion the chain of events that leads to the characters adultery. Do you think the storm excuses the characters in any way from responsibility for their actions?In her short story The Storm‚ Kate Chopin creates a situation where two people give in to their sexual desire with the help of the outside setting. Although the threatening appearance of the storm does incite the deep rooted emotion; the couple is not excused from their treacherous act since they are well aware of their

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    The Story Of An Hour I think the reason Kate Chopin’s reason for writing this story was to make the reader understand what it’s like losing a loved one in a tragic accident‚ and the conflicts that come along with it. Like for example on the second paragraph it says “she did not hear the same story as many women have heard the same” i think that means there was some rumours going around and the story of her husband’s death wasn’t exactly being told right. I guess they had to tell Ms Mallard

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    In Kate Chopin’s short story "The Storm"‚ an extremely passionate wife and mother faces her past love and is left in an awkward situation which could potentially cause detriment for her family. The storm that actually takes place during this story serves as the key symbolic element throughout the entire text‚ as it also helps to tell the story in a representational manner. As the story begins‚ Bobinôt and his son Bibi are sitting inside of a store watching outside at the approaching storm (page

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