April‚ 6‚ 2016 Kate Choplin in her story‚ “the story of an hour‚” tries to give a brief introduction of the era when men were considered the supreme power in the household and the wives were there to love‚ trust and embrace their husband. Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist‚ “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same‚ with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance…."(Choplin 3)‚ feels the euphoria of freedom‚ when she comes to know about her husband’s death rather than
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Kate Chopin was a novelist and American short story writer. In 1894‚ Chopin wrote a particularly intriguing short story‚ The Story of an Hour‚ about a woman who was trying to escape society’s judgemental image of women. In Chopin’s story‚ Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist‚ feels distressed and restricted because of the expectations society holds for women as subordinate to men. When the protagonist’s
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the late 19th century‚ much of society held on to the belief that women were inferior to men and should remain dependent upon them. In The Story of an Hour‚ Mrs. Mallard represents repressed women of the time period who desired freedom from their lives due to their unhappiness within their marriages as a result of the restrictions placed upon them. The story starts with Louise receiving news that her husband has been killed in a horrendous railroad disaster. Due to her heart condition‚ Louise’s
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Mrs. Mallard died from the sorrow and awareness of her husband’s existence. In “The Story of an Hour”‚ it states‚ “She wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment‚ in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone” (Chopin). At first‚ Mrs. Mallard expressed grief towards the passing of her husband. Although‚ she kept her real feelings toward the event inside. Mrs. Mallard put on a shield to the world for the characters in the book to believe that she
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The argument that Kate Chopin makes within this story is that women during this particular time period did not have many of the rights women have today. In fact‚ this story is set during 1894 where it was very common to see women married living in the shadows of their husbands. Women did not even receive the right to vote until the year of 1920. Louise Mallard is the main character‚ she is a white middle class women married to Brently Mallard. When Louise first receives the news of the recent death
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1. When and where was the story written or told? What historical‚ social‚ or cultural background might be needed to understand or explain what the story is about? You can expect by the language and the resources that they had‚ that the story was set in olden times. Since modern electricity was installed in homes during the end of the 19th century you can expect that the story was placed in the 19th century or the early 20th. This is due to them not having modern electricity and being not very wealthy
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upon the onset of my newfound disability‚ the four hour countdown has begun. This knowledge is only mildly comforting. After all‚ what could go wrong? I am safely within the confines of my own home. Too say the least‚ a place that I am very familiar with. I have stumbled around here many times in total darkness heading to bed or searching for the light switch. This should be no more difficult than a childhood game of blind-man’s bluff. My four hour trial has officially began. This isn’t so bad. I
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Mrs. Mallard is a character who takes on many forms and emotions throughout this short story. I found myself constantly picturing many different images of‚ and emotions for her throughout this story. We are told she “was afflicted with a heart trouble” (174). So Initially I pictured a very week feeble woman with gray hair and lots of wrinkles. I initially feel a lot of sympathy for this woman as she is already suffering from heart problems‚ now she has lost her husband. I soon learned this is just
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2012 Argumentative Essay on “The Story of an Hour” In general‚ for one to be happy is a positive emotion‚ and does not lead to the loss of one’s life. However‚ that is precisely what took place in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. Mrs. Mallard finds out that her loving husband was dead‚ but sees him walk in the door on the same day. Normally‚ the same events would bring about a pleasant surprise for the wife‚ but the author does not intend to end the story that way‚ instead‚ Chopin would have
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time being stuck in a marriage filled with spiritual repression‚ Chopin reveals in her writing of “The story of an Hour”. In this short story Kate Chopin brings the reader to ask him or herself many thought provoking questions such as “Does love always lead to happiness?” through her use of the elements of fiction. Love does not always lead to happiness. In the opening line of the short story‚ Chopin already begins to use irony when she writes‚ “knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart
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