the chair in front of the open window‚ she explains with critical detail. Through the open window‚ Louise can see "the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life." "The delicious breath of rain was in the air." "countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves" (Clugston‚ The Story of an Hour‚ Kate Chopin‚ 2010). The author sets a more positive atmosphere when describing what Louise sees from the window after hearing news of her husband’s untimely death. Figurative language
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Robinson 1 Chris Robinson Professor Mary Jane Whitney English 101 March 23‚ 2001 Female Identity in Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" In the nineteenth century males were clearly dominant and authoritarian‚ while females were subservient and passive. Slowly‚ women began to question their assigned role and responded to the battle between the sexes in a variety of new ways—withdrawal‚ revolt‚ and action to change society: Significantly
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the length of an hour. It describes how Louise Mallard reacts to the death of her husband‚ who died in a train accident. From the news of the husband’s passing in the beginning‚ I expected this story to be about how Louise Mallard was so devastated about this news that she decided to end her life. I based my expectations on the time period this story was written in‚ as many women in that time had to rely entirely on their husbands. This story begins in Louise Mallard’s house. Josephine‚ Louise’s sister
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In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”‚ many mixed emotions are sent off following the death of Louise Mallard’s husband‚ Brently‚ in a railroad accident. It is very difficult to get a sense of what Mrs. Mallard is feeling when she learns the saddening news of the death‚ while also battling her own heart troubles. Due to Chopin’s use of irony radiating throughout the story‚ it is very deceiving to the reader whether she is mourning‚ or having the feeling of freedom. After reading the story once
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the story display mental slavery. Louise is a submissive wife who obeys every given command by her autocrat husband‚ yet suffers from much mental abuse while in her own home. For example‚ within the movie Mr. Mallard (husband) would not allow Louise to leave their home‚ for Mr. Mallard had been given information by the doctor that it was unsafe for his wife to be alone due to a heart condition‚ so he instructed her to stay inside and she complied. Louise was unhappy because she felt well enough
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author and the title | Somerset Maugham‚ Louise | Type of text | Short story | Outline of the story | This is a story about woman that told by author‚ who is also main character in the story. It’s about relationship between them and about relationship between the woman and her husbands‚ daughter. | Setting of the story | Enigmatic‚ gloomy‚ sarcastic | Complication | The story has dynamic complication. In the beginning of story Louise is alone‚ but during the story she outlived 2
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tragedy or embarrassment by the fact that Strout states‚ “People thought the Larkin couple would move after what happened.” (140) We learn later that the event was a particularly violent murder committed by Doyle‚ the son of Rodger and Louise Larkin. Rodger and Louise had become recluse since the event‚ which naturally intrigued the inhabitants of the small town. However‚ after the initial period of interest‚ the people in town are quick to put the Larkin family out of their minds. Strout quickly
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cause of them staying with their husbands was death. Although Louise Mallard and Desiree are both similarly trapped in a bad marriage‚ their stories are different on how they died‚ and how their husbands treated them. Louise and Desiree were in an unhappy relationship. In each one of these stories‚ these women felt trapped by their husbands and were affected by the power their husbands had over them. In “The Story of an Hour”‚ Louise has heart trouble; her heart condition was that she was trapped
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politics in Louise mallard’s possession of self assertion. Answer: Kate Chopin is a very famous American writer of the nineteenth century. She was an independent woman who did not confine to the socio-political bonds of the society. Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” published in 1894 is about a woman who receives the news of the death of her husband and the sense of freedom that she experiences after his death. The protagonist of the story “The Story of an Hour”‚ Louise Mallard is suffering
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narrator. The narrator knows everything that goes on‚ but seems to have insight into the personal thoughts and feelings of Louise‚ the main character‚ while having no such insight into the thoughts of others. In the case of those characters other than Louise‚ the narrator simply relays what would have been able to be seen or heard had the reader witnessed the event‚ while with Louise‚ the narrator offers insight into her emotions and thoughts. The use of the narrator’s limited omniscience is two-fold
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