The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin Although the readers and I am aware of the cause of Mrs. Mallard death‚which was heart trouble‚ I believe that her death troubles were more then that. The readers should understand that joy of independence‚ oppression‚ and disappointment was involved in her death. It is shocking to Know that these characteristics played a role in her death until you read between the lines. When Louise hears from Josephine and Bentley of her husband’s death‚ she
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short story about a woman who thinks she loses her husband in a railroad accident‚ but loses her freedom instead. Louise Mallard suffers from heart troubles‚ and has to be monitored every day. When her sister Josephine‚ and a family friend Richards‚ tell her the news about her husband she has to be careful not startle Louise too much‚ as it could hurt her heart. Chopin uses setting‚ point of view‚ and language devices to enhance the central idea of confinement. The setting is physical‚ and it takes
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beyond the usual feelings of grief or loss‚ what she experiences is a sort of welcoming freedom‚ which the tragedy brought to her. The first and most important trait of Mrs. Mallard is mentioned in the first sentence of the story‚ she has a weakened heart‚ and because of that‚ her family members and friends have to be very careful around her‚ it changes the way people behave to her. Because the news about her husband’s death has to be delivered to her very carefully‚ the story has a lot of dramatic
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society. In her story‚ Kate Chopin used dramatic irony and situational irony to express her theme. Kate chopin used dramatic irony in “The Story of An Hour” to express her theme. Kate Chopin writes‚ “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease -- of a joy that kills” (par. 21 ). In other words‚ the doctors believed Mrs. Mallard died of joy when in reality she died from disappointment. The women of this time did not have the freedom to make decisions for themselves like a women does now
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to upon hearing such news. She is not “paralyzed with the inability to accept” it (Chopin 160)‚ but feels freedom from the loss‚ as seen in her uttering of the word “free” three times. Along with speaking these words‚ Louise’s heart begins to “beat fast‚” despite her “heart trouble‚" and “the coursing blood warm[s] and relaxe[s] every inch of her body” (Chopin 160‚ 159‚ 160). The quickening of Louise’s pulse in response to her elated emotions concerning the loss of her husband represents the moment
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The Analysis of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin 1. Information about the author: Kate was formally educated at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis where she kept a commonplace book "in which the thoughtful adolescent recorded themes that appear in her later fiction‚ among them women’s roles and the conflict between desire and duty. Kate began her career as a fiction writer in 1888. The literary trend she belongs to realistic fiction. The mine literary works are "A Point at
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Plot summary The main character is Mrs. Mallard‚ who has a heart condition. One day‚ Mr. Mallard’s friend‚ Richards‚ learns that Mr. Mallard has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine tries to break the news to Mrs. Mallard softly because of her heart condition. Upon hearing the news‚ Mrs. Mallard begins weeping‚ a reaction that Chopin notes as different from most women‚ who would refuse to believe it. Mrs. Mallard soon locks herself in a room with a window‚ hurls herself
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again I started pick up bits and pieces of what the author was trying to convey. When I first began reading the story I believed Mrs. Mallard to be an older woman. I thought this because we are told that she is afflicted with a heart trouble. I realize that having heart trouble does not ultimately mean old‚ but that is just the way our minds work. I was surprised to
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