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    the story of an hour Mrs. Mallard is the main character who has a heart condition. The story begins with learning the news her husband has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard’s sister‚ Josephine‚ is the one who tries to break the news gently due to Mrs. Mallard having a heart condition. Mrs. Mallard begins to cry and goes to her room and locks herself when while she has a few moments to herself. While in her room she begins to whisper the words free. Josephine foes to Mrs. Mallards room

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    C. Wiggins English 102 24 September 2011 Freedom In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Choplin‚ Mrs. Mallard finds freedom in the false belief that her husband is dead‚ and she dies when she faces the truth. The story takes place back in the 1890’s where women were not treated equally and their expected duties were only to maintain a home and care for their husband‚ also know as a “house wife”. Throughout the story Mrs. Mallard goes through a transformation of initially grieving and accepting

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    Louise Mallard is the protagonist in “Story of an Hour”‚ in the story her husband dies in a train accident; at first she does the usual thing and mourns the death of husband but Louise feels a monstrous joy while sitting in her room instead of mourning. This joy scares her when the feeling overtakes her. She tells herself that it is wrong and she should be upset about her husband’s demise but continues to be joyful. On the other hand Mary Maloney‚ the protagonist in “Lamb to the Slaughter”‚ is the

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    the short story‚ “ Story Of An Hour’ throughout the story Mrs. Mallard is seeking freedom. I say this because of the stress her husband is putting her through‚ also the heart trouble she is dealing with. Years ago you may know that women were to stay in the house to cook‚ clean‚ take care of the family and men were to provide for the family ‚ put food on the table ‚ make sure that they weren’t in need for anything. This was putting a toll on Mrs. Mallard’s life. When Mrs. Mallard found out

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    Mrs. Mallard’s heart trouble is ironically designed in the story. The first sentence of the story tells that she “was afflicted with a heart trouble.” Readers tended to assume that she’s weak physically. But after reading the whole story‚ we realized that she was also weak emotionally. According to the doctors’ judgment‚ the “joy” of seeing her husband killed the poor woman. But actually‚ just sensing the hope of getting freedom but soon disillusioning made her collapsed. Thus‚ the heart trouble

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    In this paragraph‚ the narrator’s depiction of Mrs. Mallard’s brief moment of illumination is illustrated in a very mellow-dramatic way. The reader can get a slight sense of sarcasm in the narrators tone and at the same time feel sorry for Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard seems to be quite selfish. She is not sad about her husband’s death; she is only thinking about how her life would be now that he is gone. Mrs. Mallard seldom talks for herself which makes the reader wonder how reliable the narration

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    Mrs. Mallard’s realization How would you feel if your significant other were to pass away? Most of the times the death of someone close is never a good thing‚ most people’s reactions would be the feeling of sadness‚ shock or denial that such tragedy has happened. In the short storyStory of an Hour” by Kate Chopin the character Louise Mallard’s has received the news that her husband has died in a railroad accident‚ the news was told to her in a gently manner due to her heart condition. Mrs

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    short stories Eveline written by James Joyce‚ The Story of An Hour written by Kate Chopin‚ and A Rose For Emily written by William Faulkner we find that isolation is a popular theme throughout the stories. There are several factors in each one of the stories that makes us feel the isolation that each one of the women in the stated stories felt. Weather it is Eveline feeling stuck at home due to a request for her to tend to her family and resume the place of her deceased mother. Or Mrs. Mallard with

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    the short story “The Story of an Hour” the theme is clearly stated. The theme is “Mrs. Mallard’s desire to be independent.” The theme is expressed through the story through characterization and irony. However‚ the theme is expressed the most though many examples of symbolism. For example a few examples of symbolism are spring time‚ comfortable armchair‚ and Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition. The first example of symbolism that is found in “The story of an hour” is spring time. In the story it says “she

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    The Mallard Dilemma Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” tells the story of a young housewife’s unpredictable malevolence in the shocking news of her husband’s death‚ Mr. Mallard. Was Mrs. Mallard unhappy with her Marriage? You may believe otherwise‚ but looking at the factual information and hard evidence‚ theirs no other choice but to answer with a big resounding “Yes!” Knowing Mrs. Mallard has a terrible heart problem‚ how is it that her heart able to stay calm‚ being unaffected by the news

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