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    Professor Credito ENG 115-550 October 31‚ 2013 Paper # 3 “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a very interesting story about a young married women and her response to the news of her husband’s death in a train accident. Though the story is short‚ it touches the reader’s feelings and seems complete to depict the hidden feelings of a widow who discovers freedom rather than despair after her husband’s death. Chopin dramatizes the story in a very fascinating manner with all the details of the feelings

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    "The Story of an Hour" is overflowing with vivid imagery to reveal Mrs. Mallard’s emotions and accentuate her feelings towards her situation at the time. The imagery is used to portray the unexpected and guide the reader to formulate their own conclusions‚ instead of simply stating them. The first example of imagery doesn’t appear until Mrs. Mallard has received the news of her husband’s death. "When the storm of grief had spent itself‚" conveys a violent and dismal tone‚ setting the story up for

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    blood and pulse in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin affect the reader ’s response to context and text? In "The Story of an Hour‚" Kate Chopin uses the words blood and pulse as Mrs. Mallard realizes she is actually pleased and relieved about her husband ’s death. As Mrs. Mallard recognizes her new freedom‚ Chopin writes‚ "Her pulses beat fast‚ and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body" (Chopin 546-548). The words blood and pulse in this story seemed to be in unusual contexts

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    Page 1 English 102 – DL 27 January 2013 Assignment 1 – Response Paper “The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin all takes place within a one hour time period. During this time Mrs. Mallard is informed of her husband‚ Brently Mallards‚ death by her sister and her husband’s friend. After hearing the news of her husband’s death Mrs. Mallard retreats to her room where she ponders her newly found fate. At the realization that she no longer has to live for anyone but herself Mrs. Mallard is

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    Feminist Critical Perspective‚ Kate Chopin’s short story‚ “The Story of an Hour‚” refutes ideas of first wave feminism with diction and imagery‚ along with Mrs. Mallard’s symbolic reaction to her husband’s death and resurgence back into her life. To begin‚ diction within the story refutes assumed stereotypes of women during the first wave of feminism. Chopin writes that after Mrs. Mallard discovers her husband’s death “[s]he did not hear the story as many women have heard the same‚” implying Mrs.

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    Mallard a woman who is clearly overjoyed that her husband is dead. Chopin shows this through the language in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin used to describe Louise’s state of mind as she wavers between wallowing and indescribable joy about her newfound freedom. The narrator of “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin relays what she sees in a followable structure‚ but the way her feelings are described‚ the words are strong and resonate‚ leaving a powerful

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    literary style focuses on the details of actual life‚ and strives for detailed‚ realistic‚ and factual description. “The Story of an Hour‚” written by Kate Chopin‚ is a perfect depiction of realism. This short story presents the reality of society‚ woman‚ and marriage in 1900’s. The author uses characterization‚ conflict‚ and theme to make the story a piece of realism. In the story‚ Chopin cleverly uses conflicts to illustrate realism. Mrs. Mallard is informed about her husband’s death. However‚ she

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    Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is short story about a women’s identity apart from her marital status in the late 1800’s. Women have not always been able to do the what women do in society today. This is a very short story that contains no more than a thousand words revolving around the protagonist of the story last hour of life along with the psychological and emotional changes that lead Mrs. Mallard to fantasize a new life. Kate Chopin "The Story of an Hour‚" portrays independence for women

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    There are many artistic components in the making of a film. The plot or the story behind the film is one the most important of these components. The makers of The Joy That Kills in making a film version of Kate Chopin’s short story The Story of an Hour took artistic license to its limits. The entire story was dismantled and then completely reinvented. Many characters that are barely present or do not even appear in the story emerge to play important roles in the life of this young woman with heart

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    “The story of an hour‚” by Kate Chopin focuses on the idea of freedom. This short story is about the protagonist‚ named Louise‚ who finds out that her husband has been in an accident and died. She has many feelings‚ but the one that she enjoyed the most was the freedom she would now have. “Hence‚ Brentley’s death is not tragic to her because it gives her own life back to her” (Rosenblum‚ 7). Her freedom is quickly taken away from her‚ when her husband walks through the front door. The theme is‚ even

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