However‚ women in last century were less lucky. From story‚ we learn the life of women in the old days when Women had to stay home all the time doing housework and nurture their children‚ and serve their husbands. They were not allowed to their own decision under their husbands’ authority‚ and they didn’t have much social activities. If women today have to live in the traditional ways‚ will they be mentally and physically unhealthy? The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper are both written in nineteenth
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The Story of an Hour and The Interlopers are two different stories which share a few similar details. In The Story of an Hour‚ there is a struggle which the protagonist‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ had to overcome; the death of her husband. While she sits in her room‚ she looks out the windows and sees the possibilities‚ and she tells herself that now that her husband is dead‚ she doesn’t have to worry about him anymore. She has overcome her struggle. When she walks out of her room‚ she finds Mr. Mallard‚ who
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After reading "the Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin‚ I was surprised at the unexpected events that lead to Mrs. Mallard ’s death. Through elaborated setting‚ profound feelings and enriching plot‚ the theme of the story was gradually revealed and brought out an astonishing ending to both Louise ’s life and miserable marriage. The settings took place both in outside and inside environments. As informed of her husband ’s death‚ Louise begins to make the first expressions. Unlike other women being immobilized
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marriage everyone desires to possess. In many cases these relationships are unhealthy because they feel imprisoned in a marriage they simply do not want. In both Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Gail Godwin’s “A Sorrowful Woman‚” this is what seems to be the reality for these two couples. At the time these stories are set in‚ both women are expected by society to have a healthy‚ loving relationship with their husband and family. They were meant to take care of the household and that is just
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In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin‚ we are introduced to Mrs. Mallard‚ an unloving‚ heartless‚ woman who is overjoyed by the passing of her husbandor at least that is the common misconception. Mrs. Mallard although perceived as inhuman is actually more human than most would like to believe. While her actions may seem questionable or even to be condemned‚ they are hardly unthinkable in light of the issues involving marriage and the woman’s role throughout history. The story itself presents
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Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour‚" irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn’t. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic
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In this short story‚ “A Story of an Hour”‚ Kate Chopin uses irony and symbolism in order to describe Mrs. Mallard’s state of being for an hour in her life. We learn of Mrs. Mallard‚ a woman who cried out for freedom and independency from a marriage that she did not have the desire to no longer be in. In a marriage‚ one can lose their identity‚ especially in the times of Mrs. Mallard where women did not have a voice. The setting of this story justifies why Mrs. Mallard’s feels the way that she
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Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (born Katherine O’Flaherty February 8‚ 1850 – August 22‚ 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels‚ mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1892 to 1895‚ she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly‚ Vogue‚ the Century‚ and Harper’s Youth’s Companion. Her major works were
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After reading the short story called “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin‚ I feel the setting in this story is very interesting and designed because there are different objects symbolise to other abstracts which author wants to tell readers. The main character‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ who experiences an hour that she learns her husband died from a railroad accident‚ deserves to freedom in this society. During this hour‚ her emotions alerts from grief to delighted‚ from nervous to comfortable‚ and from untrammeled
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The Story of an Hour‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ is dramatic story of the taste of freedom. The social context of the story gives the reader a glimpse into the eyes of an average woman back in the nineteenth century. The plot is furthered through the symbols that are in the description of the character and setting. This woman‚ Mrs Mallard‚ is seen as a deceitful woman if seen through the scope of the twenty first century. The Story of an Hour accurately portrays the difficulties of being a wife in the
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