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    but society will try to intervene with these thoughts of freedom. The author shows this when Louise whispers and thinks about being free through repetition‚ Josephine trying to talk Louise out of her thoughts of freedom saying she is thinking mad as well as Louise seeing her husband again‚ which ends her thoughts about freedom and starting her new life. After learning about her husband’s death‚ Louise goes to her room and comes to terms with what has happened and figures out what is going to happen

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    inaccurate judgment is portrayed in “The Story of an Hour” through the character Louise Mallard. The audience assumes that Louise is distraught by the death of her husband. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” demonstrates how Louise Mallard finds relief by realizing that she is free‚ life will be gloriously long‚ and that the magnitude true release comes in unexpected means (“Story” 424- 7). The initial reaction of Louise Mallard is sorrow about the recent death of her husband. She does not experience

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    sophisticated characterization of Louise‚ along with her detailed explanation of Louise’ feelings‚ strengthens the author’s message. That Louise has a heart trouble is the first thing that the I learn about her. Because a person with heart disease cannot be shocked

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    Sina Act 2 Scene 2 Summary

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    S E T T I N G: It is set in (2016) modern-day. Most scenes are in the “McDillard Mental Facility”‚ a mental hospital that isn’t real. Inside is only‚ mainly white. White walls‚ white clothes‚ white faces‚ and white lies. There are many rooms that address issues from rehab to X-ray scans. The Lux is another term for the mental institution for Sina. The Aliovorsum is another term for the outside world/ elsewhere. The Umbra is essentially death‚ but Sina doesn’t know that. The Umbra is a somewhat

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    in which Louise Mallard experienced in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of An Hour.” Chopin begins her story explaining that Mrs. Mallard suffers from a heart condition; this information‚ later on‚ becomes very significant. The news of Brently Mallard’s death comes as a shock to Louise‚ and she is immediately overcome with sorrow and pain as she mourns her husband’s death. The majority of Chopin’s nineteenth-century short story takes place in the upstairs bedroom that Brently and Louise Mallard

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    Story Of An Hour Analysis

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    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 feel

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    Chopin‚ Louise Mallard is a housewife that receives the opportunity to create her own identity‚ become strong and independent and embrace her newly discovered independence. First of all‚ Louise builds her own identity after the demise of her husband.

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    Theme of story of an hour In “The Story of an Hour‚” independence is a forbidden pleasure that can be imagined only privately. When Louise hears from Josephine and Richards of Brently’s death‚ she reacts with obvious grief‚ and although her reaction is perhaps more violent than other women’s‚ it is an appropriate one. Alone‚ however‚ Louise begins to realize that she is now an independent woman‚ a realization that enlivens and excites her. Even though these are her private thoughts‚ she at first

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    Brokenhearted and Free ‘The Story of an Hour’ takes place in Louise Mallard’s home‚ the focus is on the family that lives there‚ and the topic of the story is the loss of Louise’s husband Brently. Louise had heart trouble and with her sister’s careful delivery of bad news‚ Louise reacts with obvious grief. However‚ she begins to realize that she is now an independent woman‚ a realization that excites her. She sees her life as being absolutely hers and is happy thinking about her new sense of independence

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    Mallard's Irony

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    Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the main character‚ in “The Story of an Hour‚” is told the news that her husband has been killed in a train accident. After the first couple of grief cries she begins to feel hope‚ relief‚ and freedom. It comes to her scenes that her marriage and relationship with her husband‚ Mr. Mallard‚ is brutal. Just before Louise live could not get any better all of her hopes and dreams were crashed as she sees the arrival of her husband is perfectly fine conditions. Mrs. Louise death was

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