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    In “Story of an Hour‚” Chopin writes about a woman who thinks lost her husband in an accident‚ yet she is taking it very well. Mrs. Mallard‚ main person of this story‚ recognizes her indiscriminate thoughts and thinks about how she felt when her husband was still alive. She lets in her feelings of how her husband‚ Mr. Mallard‚ had made her feel as if he was pulling her back from everything she wanted to do. This is an example of how women

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    marriage is happy‚ Kate Chopin disagrees. In her story‚ “The Story of an Hour‚” Mrs. Mallard discovers that her husband died in an accident. After Mrs. Mallard has cried about her husband’s death‚ she realized that she was free and started to celebrate it. Later in the hour‚ when Mrs. Mallard had walked downstairs‚ Mr. Mallard walks through the door‚ causing Mrs. Mallard’s heart problems to act up and gave her a heart attack. In Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour‚" Chopin

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    Firstly‚ Christopher was demonstrated as a disabled child who should not have his own independence‚ when his dad read the book Christopher was writing and asked Christopher about the rules he had told Christopher to follow‚ Christopher said “not to mention Mr. Shears’ name in our house and not to go asking Ms. Shears or anyone about who killed that bloody dog. And not to go trespassing in other people’s gardens. And to stop this ridiculous bloody detective game. Except I haven’t done any of those

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    Irony is often used as a device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. Irony in Kate Chopin’s story is used as an effective literacy device. She used irony by giving out hints of irony throughout the story‚ which are revealed at the end. There are different types of irony used in the story. For example Situational irony which is used to show the reader what is expected to happen sometimes doesn’t. Another type of irony is dramatic irony which is used to clue the reader in on something

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    were subjected to a lesser role and the husband’s will was freely imposed upon their wives. In “The Story of an Hour” much of Chopin’s desire for the prospect of freedom is reflected to us through the character of Mrs. Mallard. The societal norms of the late 1800’s dictated that women would assume the feminine role and live for their husbands; as a woman’s place was to reside in the shadow of her man. Through the rich use of symbolism Chopin illustrates how the confinement created by social inequality

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    Irony in the “Story of an Hour” By Kate Choplin   The Story of an Hour by Kate Choplin is about an older woman who struggles with coercion brought about by her husband and her surreptitious yearning for freedom. Mrs. Mallard does not truly know how miserable she was until she finds out that her husband has died in a terrible train accident. Kate Choplin writes this story in a limited‚ third person point of view; however‚ it is still quite exciting with how it

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    of View in Chopin ’s "Story of an Hour"             Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” tells the tale of an evolution of a character in a single hour.  Chopin accomplishes this by using a specific point of view and unique plot to carry out her vision. These elements work together to create a theme that has the greatest impact on the reader.              Ann Charters defines “point of view” as “the author’s choice of narrator for the story”(1009).   “The Story of an Hour” is told from the viewpoint

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    2011 Differently Similar In the short stories “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ are stories about women who suffer from different conditions‚ but are very similar. In “The Story of an Hour” the main character suffers from an unknown heart condition‚ and becomes very detached from her husband. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” the main character suffers from a psychological condition‚ and is taken care of by her husband John but slowly grows away from

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    The Story of an Hour‚ like other works by Kate Chopin‚ is one with many twists‚ hidden meanings‚ symbolism and irony. Kate Chopin always seems to have a surprise for her readers. I believe irony is shown throughout Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour through Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s death‚ Josephine’s concern for Mrs. Mallard when she locked herself in her room and with the twist at the end of the story. When Louise Mallard was told that her husband Brently Mallard has been killed

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    a countless amount of themes in her short story “The Story on an Hour”‚ that are not only controversial‚ but fairly ahead of her time. Chopin uses her story to represent a negative view of marriage by presenting the reader with a protagonist who is clearly burdened by emotional struggles when she becomes a wife. Devastated by the sudden news regarding M. Mallard‚ Louise excuses herself and immediately runs to her bedroom where we see a change in her attitude and her face off with issues such as identity

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