Change As Depicted In The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Every day, people receive news that they are not prepared to hear. A woman receives the news that she is pregnant while someone is being diagnosed with cancer. While someone is being diagnosed with cancer, another person just lost a loved one. Individuals typically have their lives planned out and do not prepare themselves to expect the unexpected. In reality, though, change is the only constant thing in life. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” the theme that life changes in an instant is developed through situational irony, internal conflict, and symbolism.
In the text, situational irony depicts how Louise’s life transforms. In the beginning, Mrs Mallard receives the news of her husband’s death. She then faces the “storm of grief” (13). The largest portion of the story focuses on Brently’s death. At the end of the story, however, a very unpredicted situation occurs. Chopin states, “Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his gripsack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of accident, and did not even know there had been one” (14). Because of this startling incident, it is evident to say that Louise’s life suddenly changes. …show more content…
Mallard encounters demonstrates how her feelings alter. When she finds out her husband is dead, she begins to weep her sorrow away. Louise then spends some time alone, which causes her destructive feelings to quickly lead to relief. “ But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome” (14). This conveys that Mrs. Mallard sees the positive side of Brently being gone, which is that she is ready to have freedom and independence. Louise felt gloomy at first, but her mood changed to being very optimistic in a very short
Every day, people receive news that they are not prepared to hear. A woman receives the news that she is pregnant while someone is being diagnosed with cancer. While someone is being diagnosed with cancer, another person just lost a loved one. Individuals typically have their lives planned out and do not prepare themselves to expect the unexpected. In reality, though, change is the only constant thing in life. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” the theme that life changes in an instant is developed through situational irony, internal conflict, and symbolism.
In the text, situational irony depicts how Louise’s life transforms. In the beginning, Mrs Mallard receives the news of her husband’s death. She then faces the “storm of grief” (13). The largest portion of the story focuses on Brently’s death. At the end of the story, however, a very unpredicted situation occurs. Chopin states, “Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his gripsack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of accident, and did not even know there had been one” (14). Because of this startling incident, it is evident to say that Louise’s life suddenly changes. …show more content…
Mallard encounters demonstrates how her feelings alter. When she finds out her husband is dead, she begins to weep her sorrow away. Louise then spends some time alone, which causes her destructive feelings to quickly lead to relief. “ But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome” (14). This conveys that Mrs. Mallard sees the positive side of Brently being gone, which is that she is ready to have freedom and independence. Louise felt gloomy at first, but her mood changed to being very optimistic in a very short