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    sophisticated characterization of Louise‚ along with her detailed explanation of Louise’ feelings‚ strengthens the author’s message. That Louise has a heart trouble is the first thing that the I learn about her. Because a person with heart disease cannot be shocked

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    Sina Act 2 Scene 2 Summary

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    S E T T I N G: It is set in (2016) modern-day. Most scenes are in the “McDillard Mental Facility”‚ a mental hospital that isn’t real. Inside is only‚ mainly white. White walls‚ white clothes‚ white faces‚ and white lies. There are many rooms that address issues from rehab to X-ray scans. The Lux is another term for the mental institution for Sina. The Aliovorsum is another term for the outside world/ elsewhere. The Umbra is essentially death‚ but Sina doesn’t know that. The Umbra is a somewhat

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    in which Louise Mallard experienced in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of An Hour.” Chopin begins her story explaining that Mrs. Mallard suffers from a heart condition; this information‚ later on‚ becomes very significant. The news of Brently Mallard’s death comes as a shock to Louise‚ and she is immediately overcome with sorrow and pain as she mourns her husband’s death. The majority of Chopin’s nineteenth-century short story takes place in the upstairs bedroom that Brently and Louise Mallard

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    powerless women were compared to men during the late eighteen hundreds in her short story entitled‚ “The Story of An Hour “. At the beginning of the story the main character‚ Mrs. Louise Mallard has a heart condition. Due to her illness‚ her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards has the hard task to tell Louise that her husband Brently Mallard has died in a train wreck. During this first hour Mrs. Mallard experiences the sorrow of her husband’s death and the loneliness she would feel

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    Chopin‚ Louise Mallard is a housewife that receives the opportunity to create her own identity‚ become strong and independent and embrace her newly discovered independence. First of all‚ Louise builds her own identity after the demise of her husband.

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    Brokenhearted and Free ‘The Story of an Hour’ takes place in Louise Mallard’s home‚ the focus is on the family that lives there‚ and the topic of the story is the loss of Louise’s husband Brently. Louise had heart trouble and with her sister’s careful delivery of bad news‚ Louise reacts with obvious grief. However‚ she begins to realize that she is now an independent woman‚ a realization that excites her. She sees her life as being absolutely hers and is happy thinking about her new sense of independence

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    Theme of story of an hour In “The Story of an Hour‚” independence is a forbidden pleasure that can be imagined only privately. When Louise hears from Josephine and Richards of Brently’s death‚ she reacts with obvious grief‚ and although her reaction is perhaps more violent than other women’s‚ it is an appropriate one. Alone‚ however‚ Louise begins to realize that she is now an independent woman‚ a realization that enlivens and excites her. Even though these are her private thoughts‚ she at first

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    Mallard's Irony

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    Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the main character‚ in “The Story of an Hour‚” is told the news that her husband has been killed in a train accident. After the first couple of grief cries she begins to feel hope‚ relief‚ and freedom. It comes to her scenes that her marriage and relationship with her husband‚ Mr. Mallard‚ is brutal. Just before Louise live could not get any better all of her hopes and dreams were crashed as she sees the arrival of her husband is perfectly fine conditions. Mrs. Louise death was

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    Scobie‚ the protagonist of this novel and his wife Louise. Although all throughout the novel‚ Louise is seen from Scobie’s eyes‚ we can still illustarte a brief image of her‚ both physical as well as character wise. Scobie‚ describies contantly Louise as very unattractive human being with pale skin‚ ‘a white skin had not then reminded him of an albino’. Her hair which was once had a lighter colour is now ‘dark and stringy with sweat’. Louise voice is described as very weak and faint in fact she

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    Throughout this unique story‚ there are only a small amount of characters. The protagonist is Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ and she is unhappily married to Mr. Brently Ballard. While Mr. and Mrs. Ballard are the main characters‚ Kate Chopin also in includes Josephine who is Louise sister and Brentley’s friend Richard. Although Josephine and Richard play a minor role in the story‚ they help us understand the situation Louise Mallard has been going through. The themes throughout Chopin’s story is confinement and a sense

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