Kate Choplin Women Identity Analysis

All works have a central theme. A theme is the main idea or meaning often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built. the central theme of the three stories by Kate Choplin is "women identity" when women had no basic human rights. All three stories take place back in the day, the protagonists married and ended up not being completely happy in their roles. The story of an hour takes place in the late nineteenth century when men had control over women. Louise whose husband was killed in a train accident. The moment Louise hears the news, she is secretly happy because she is now free. she loved her husband but cherishes her new independence even more. Louise goes to her room to be by herself feeling free at once. The front door opens unexpectedly its Brently her husband. After all her husband didn't die. the mount Louise saw her husband she died of a heart attack brought on by happiness. Kate choplin deals with the issue of female self discovery and identity. The happiness Louise gains is so strong that when she realizes her husband is still alive she collapses immediately. Kate
calixta, shows no clear signs of being unhappy or miserable in her marriage. however she is much more happier after stepping outside the boundaries of married loyalty. After her encounter with Alcee, she is much more loving, kind housewife and mother. this indicates that the established roles of marriage were restricting and unpleasant for her, and she felt more fulfilled stepping outside of those bounds. Louise too felt restricted by marriage but when she learned of her husbands death, she was filled with a sense of freedom from marriage. Desiree is happy in her marriage, until her husband rejects her from a race she wasn't. All of these women were happier outside of the accepted, establishment roles as wives in the 1800s and found happiness outside of those