Feminine Self-Assertion in “The Story of an Hour” Xuding Wang 1 English Department‚ Tamkang University Abstract This essay attempts to prove that Kate Chopin explores feminine selfhood in a patriarchal society through the heroine’s spiritual journey to freedom in “The Story of an Hour.” In this story‚ Chopin presents us with a picture of a complicated and complex development of Louise Mallard’s spiritual awakening triggered by the false news of her husband’s death in a train accident. Louise
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Both short stories have women that had unhappy with their husbands‚ and they feel that after death of their loved ones they can be free and happy. Louise is thinking of the future without Brendy as well as Mary is making plans for the upcoming future without William
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What could possibly go through a woman’s mind to make her feel overwhelmed with happiness after she finds out her husband has just died? What is the price of freedom? Is karma a real effect of what happens in our lives? These are the kind of questions I asked myself after reading “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. This short story is a beautiful piece of artwork. The details that Chopin shares within the text is beautiful. There is a lot of area for your imagination to wander around and create
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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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The progression of a story may reveal hidden parts of human nature. This applies to the characters’ feelings and behaviors to different situations. In the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ Louise Mallard is faced with the false news of her husband’s death‚ creating a mixture of emotions and false hopes. Through this short story‚ Chopin sought to question the woman’s role in a household. Mrs. Mallard was upset after learning of the death of her husband. She was expected to be upset
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characterization which in turn is able to clarify and create the theme. In The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin‚ the ability to understand the theme lied heavily on the point of view and its interaction with characterization. Throughout this story the point of view changed between first person limited and and first person limited omniscient. In using first person limited omniscient point of view during various parts of the story the audience was able to understand the protagonist’s
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Communications 2 2/23/14 The Story of an Hour – Fiction Response “The Story of an Hour‚" by Kate Chopin‚ is a tale of a woman who is overjoyed by the death of her husband representing a negative view of marriage. Chopin creates both a detailed physical and psychological setting inside of Louise’s mind that envelopes the reader throughout the story. Everything about Louise’s life is described with minimal details and the slightest of enjoyment‚ while the inside of her mind and her dreams of the
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Reading Kate Chopin’s ’Story of an Hour’ leaves on reader’s mind a strong theme of the gender disparity present in the institution of marriage. The narrative about a woman’s sorrowful state and life under her authoritarian husband introduces Mrs. Mallard first in the exposition paragraph as having a ’heart trouble’ which requires ’great care’(pg. 15). It is quite ambiguous as to whether the trouble is physical or emotional. Even so‚ Chopin uses this trouble as a way of symbolizing the suffering
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“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Choplin the reader’s see how the settings play a major contribution to the influence a person mood may be in. A variety of emotions can come out from potential happiness‚ excitement‚ sadness‚ anger‚ and even depression. We all in our everyday lives without much realization use certain places‚ objects and items to symbolize and stimulate particular feelings. The importance that settings play can always be displayed when reading stories like “The Story of An Hour” by Kate
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Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story that tells of the feelings and thoughts of Louise Mallard after she learns of her husband’s death. When the story starts the readers already know of a tragic event that has happened‚ and the characters have no idea. This is because of the POV that Chopin wrote the story in. This story is told in the third person point of view‚ and because of this it makes the story a lot more dramatic but understandable. If the story would have been told in the
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