Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a story about the last hour of Louise Mallard’s life. After learning about Mr. Mallard’s death from a telegram‚ Richards and Josephine delicately break the news to Louise‚ doing their best to prevent Louise’s heart trouble from acting up. Initially‚ Louise completely breaks down at the loss of her husband‚ but this quickly transforms into elation as she realizes that she is now free to live for herself. As she becomes comfortable with her newfound freedom
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in a different matter‚ such as Louise Mallard in the story‚ “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin. Mrs. Louise Mallard is a young and very pretty lady‚ but with the recent death of her husband‚ she appears to be much older. “She was young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes‚ whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.” (Chopin 8) Louise not only seems to be aging physically
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In "The Fat Girl‚" Andre Dubus presents the struggles of Louise‚ a girl who at age nine begins eating secretly in reaction to her mother closely controlling her food intake to manage her weight gain. In high school‚ this behavior grows into "…a ritual of deceit and pleasure…" (321) In a passive-aggressive rebellion against her mother’s control‚ and even though Louise is aware that the behavior is "…insular and destructive" (322)‚ she continues with it and hides
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as a recurring subject‚ idea‚ or feature within a literary work that adds to the overall meaning or purpose of the work. Crying definitely fulfills all of these characteristics. Throughout the majority of the story‚ we see Louise weeping. At the beginning of the story‚ Louise sobs dramatically when she learns that her husband has past‚ even enduring a “storm of grief” (476). She continues weeping when she is alone in her room‚ although the crying now is unconscious‚ compared to how “a child who has
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Proven Therapeutic Benefits of Chiropractic Care Chiropractic care is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of nervous and musculoskeletal system disorders‚ affecting the general health of the patients. These disorders can cause difficulty in doing daily activities as well‚ like moving‚ walking‚ bending‚ etc. The treatment includes several manual techniques‚ especially manipulation of the spine‚ joints‚ and soft tissues. It may also include regular workout‚ and health and lifestyle counseling
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her husband. In the beginning of the short story the reader is informed that Louise suffers from a heart condition and soon finds out that her husband‚ Brently‚ had been killed in a railroad disaster. Louise’s reaction to her husbands’ death begins to illustrate to the reader of an underlying unhappiness with her marriage. While many other women would be in utter shock and overwhelmed with numbness from the news‚ Louise merely cries in response to Brently’s death. However‚ these cries do not emerge
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“The Story of an Hour‚” written by Kate Chopin‚ is set in the last decade of the 19th century. In the story‚ a woman‚ Louise Mallard‚ learns of her husband’s death in a rail accident from a close friend. As the story develops‚ Mrs. Mallard copes with her husband’s death in many ways. The setting and time period of the story affect the reader much more than any of the other elements of fiction‚ and life in the 1890s was drastically different than the life we know today. Therefore‚ if it is not understood
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to screen him from the view of his wife’. They expected Louise Mallard to be overwhelmed at the sight of her husband‚ which not only portrayed their lack of comprehensive abilities of Louise Mallard’s new sense of self but also made it evident of the gender barriers that existed. Also the doctor’s evaluation that she died of ‘joy that kills’ is an irony which Chopin used to criticize the patriarchal system. The heart disease that harrows Louise is both a physical and typical illness that speaks to
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external relations section of Universal Fabrics is a rather small unit. Mr. Stanford is only responsible for the two attendants and a secretary. It is important to understand that the unit is allocated a substantial budget‚ and thus although Linda and Louise are only ‘attendants’‚ they are close to the top of their organisational world. Zaleznik (1963) describes a main pattern of inner conflict called competition anxiety. This anxiety refers to the feelings generated in people who are climbing the career
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In “The Story Of An Hour” The theme is freedom. When Louise hears from Josephine and Richard about her husband Brently’s death‚ she reacts with obvious grief‚ and goes into her room to mourn in peace. However moments later of Louise being alone in her room she begins to realize that she is now a free‚independent women‚ she tries to push past the feeling at first but comes to realize she can’t deny the overwhelming feeling of being free! This realization excites her‚perhaps more than it should. When
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