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    Brittany Slater Professor Normansell Lit 107 22 September 2012 The Story of the Hour: Louise Mallard In Kate Chopin’s‚ The Story of the Hour‚ “joy that kills”(pg. 525) is the last line of the story. This describes Mrs. Mallard’s gift of joy that was taken from her as quickly as it was given. Mrs. Mallard dies of a broken heart‚ which is ironic because it was not a heart made of love for her husband but‚ a heart full of joyful independence. Mrs. Mallard’s emotions and private thoughts are just

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    06 March 2013 Victorian Era In a Victorian marriage‚ a husband dominates his wife. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” Louise Mallard contemplates the significance of the news that her husband had been killed in a train wreck. Chopin creates Louise in order to protest how wife was oppressed in marriage and her works suggest that Louise was oppressed psychologically‚ politically and economically. In the patriarchal world of the nineteenth century women were oppressed psychologically

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    The desire for freedom is a similar aspect of the female protagonists Louise Mallard‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ and Emily Grierson.</b></i><br><br>In Kate Chopin’s‚ "The Story of an Hour‚" Guy DE Maupassant’s‚ "The Necklace‚" and William Faulkner’s‚ "A Rose for Emily‚" the female protagonist’s have a desire for freedom. The stories are about three women living in patriarchal societies. Each character longs for freedom in a different way‚ but because of the men in their lives they are unable to make

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    What Has Happened to Lulu? Louise Middleton‚ or Lulu‚ as she was fondly called by her mother‚ had been sitting on the hill for over forty minutes now. She bit her lip and found herself glancing around every time she heard a noise. Her fingers twitched and her heart was racing. Her mouth had turned dry but she forced herself to swallow. Suddenly‚ a shadow appeared on the ground in the distance. It began advancing towards her‚ growing longer and longer. Her heart pounded as she sat frozen‚ staring

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    David May 1‚ 2012 Reading and Discussion Questions: When China Ruled the Seas by Louise Levathes 1. Why are we reading this book in this class? 0 The reason that we are reading‚ “When China Ruled the Seas” by Louise Levathes is in order to help us create a better understanding of the Chinese rule and how they became such a great dynasty. It helps us to see how China rose to become a great maritime power and also how it its navy disintegrated. “When China Ruled the Seas”

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    While women have achieved equality along with political and social independence in many ways over the past century‚ contemporary feminist movements continue to blossom as gender expectations and stereotypes remain deeply embedded in our culture. Today and in the past‚ feminist notions about the social norms that limit women’s possibilities have yearned for expression and have found this through various artistic outlets. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ The Story of An Hour by Kate

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    understand just as much‚ if not more than men can‚ so they should be able to read. The ability to read was given to sons just as much as daughters‚ so daughters should have opportunities to read states Sir Josiah Child (A New Discourse of Trade). The poet Louise Labe thinks that girls should become better educated on arts‚ and perhaps less on household chores‚ women shouldn’t accept

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    be allowed to wander by himself in the remote area anymore. Leon affirms that this will not happen again. The priest asks Leon and Ken if they will be attending mass on Sunday‚ encouraging them to bring Teofilo as he drives away. At Leon’s house‚ Louise‚ Leon’s wife‚ is waiting with a friend‚ Teresa. The women have prepared lunch‚ and they listen to Leon’s story of finding Teofilo.

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    John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a biblical story that conveys how the destructive decisions of humans can cause their dreams to end leads to regret and loneliness similar to the events that occur in the Bible. The character’s decision to sacrifice portrays them going astray from their dream. The workers on the ranch are all alone unlike George and Lennie since they trust and depend on each other and how their goal is to live together on a farm. Candy‚ a lonely worker hopes to someday live with

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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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