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    Tiara Mitchell English 11 BXN 9/20/2013 Question 2: Write an essay comparing the views of marriage in Trifles and Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour’ (p 16). The theme in “Story of an hour” by Kate Chopin and Trifles by Susan Glaspell is marriage. Both stories are similar in that both Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Mallard lose their individual identity as a result of male domination. While Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Mallard show this similarity they are different in how they feel about their

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    Writers such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin have been widely viewed today as early feminist writers whose work often addressed the social injustices and inequalities that women faced during their time‚ the second half of the nineteenth century. According to literary critic Elaine Showalter‚ Chopin’s stories and other feminist writers of the time‚ were written during a period in which women writers were able to “reject the accommodating postures of femininity and to use literature to

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    Writers all over the world have come up with their own way of writing. Kate Chopin‚ for instance‚ created her own style through a series of events. First‚ while she was initially following the path as a housewife‚ something horrific happened. At the same time she was running her husband’s general drugstore‚ her husband‚ Oscar Chopin‚ had caught a terrible case of malaria and soon died. After his death‚ she soon started using her misery from the death of her husband to write short novels and became

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    The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin can be looked through the Historical lens. When reading this story you must understand Mrs. Mallards position as a character for the time period. In the late 1900’s women were seen most valuable for having children and for being there to pleasure and please their husbands. It was absurd for women to leave their husbands during the time because it would be nearly impossible for them to find work and support themselves. This means that even if Mrs

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    The locket was a Drama short story written by Kate Chopin. This story is about a boy named Edmond who lost his locket while he was sleeping. Later in the story you find out it was stolen by a boy he was associated with in the army. The story implies that Edmond has died‚ because the boy that stole the locket was wearing the locket when he died. When Edmond finally arrived home everyone found out the truth. I personally do not believe this was a predictable ending with how the writer told the story

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    Analysis of "The Story of An Hour" written by Kate Chopin. The story under study tells about young woman and her emotional experience connected with the fact of death of her husband. When she learnt about this‚ she busted into tears and went upstairs to stay along for some time. But then the strange and firstly unwilling feeling of absolute joy and freedom seized her. She understood that she loves this freedom much more then she used to love her husband. The story end suddenly and unexpectedly:

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    Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm” describes an encounter of infidelity between two lovers during a brief thunderstorm. The story alludes to the controversial topic of women’s sexuality and passion‚ which during Chopin’s time no one spoke about much less wrote about. So controversial was “The Storm‚” that it was not published until after her death in eighteen ninety-nine. The story is broken up into five sections‚ each filled with small clues and hints

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    Mrs. Loise Mallard husband‚ Brently Mallard‚ has died in a train accident‚ according to a report received at a newspaper office. Mrs. Mallard suffers from a heart condition; that is why her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards have come to her after hearing of the disaster to bring the news and show empathy. Both are concerned that the news will make Mrs. Mallard ill and Josephine takes great care to tell her the news as cautiously as she is able. Mrs. Mallard breaks down‚ crying

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    Mrs. Mallards Identity on “The Story Of An Hour” The short story entitled "The Story Of A Hour" composed by Kate Chopin is an intense narration around a female‚ Mrs. Mallard who is given the terrible news that her better half has quite recently passed away in a train accident. Crushed by her better half’s sudden passing she pardons herself and instantly hurries to her room where we see an alternate side of Mrs. Mallard’s mentality. Mrs. Mallards has gone up against an alternate point of life now

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    and passion can be considered an immeasurable emotion within the interconnections of a relationship. The author‚ Kate Chopin demonstrates in her short story "The Storm”‚ the symbolization for the role that passion plays in a romantic human relationship. Looking at the parallels‚ the writer uses her main characters and imagery to engage the readers with descriptions of the coming storm and the building of tension between two characters specifically; Calixta and Alcee Laballiere. It is there that the

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