'The Story Of An Hour' By Kate Chopin
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin contains various themes and symbols all corresponding to the realist style of the piece of literature.
“There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature” (Chopin). Louise is a very different woman from the start of the short story. From the beginning the readers can classify Louise’s characteristics apart from the other women (Josephine). When Josephine goes to check on Louise in her room she expects her to be sobbing and drowning in sorrow. Whereas Louise has just found “the elixir of life” and is pulsing with joy as well as a sigh of freedom. Since Josephine expects Louise to be …show more content…
Mrs.Mallard’s dream life begins when she starts planning for her future of freedom which in the case of the story starts with the planning of her husband’s funeral (Berenji). The irony of the story of how Mr.Mallard arrives home alive, and Mrs.Mallard dies of the sight represents how men controlled the past, present, and future of Louise Mallard in the state of the authoritative figure of the marriage (Berenji). When thinking about her new freedom she thinks about her husband's funeral for the future, it seems as if Mr.Mallard is everywhere although in reality he isn’t. It seems as if wherever Mr.Mallard is there is no room for freedom for Louise (Berenji). Possibly it all relates back to the time period of the traditional society of men being the dominant figure. Although the purpose of “The Story of an Hour” was not written by Chopin to ambush men as controlling creatures, but rather in a sense of the everyday events in the time period that were presumed “normal” at the
“There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature” (Chopin). Louise is a very different woman from the start of the short story. From the beginning the readers can classify Louise’s characteristics apart from the other women (Josephine). When Josephine goes to check on Louise in her room she expects her to be sobbing and drowning in sorrow. Whereas Louise has just found “the elixir of life” and is pulsing with joy as well as a sigh of freedom. Since Josephine expects Louise to be …show more content…
Mrs.Mallard’s dream life begins when she starts planning for her future of freedom which in the case of the story starts with the planning of her husband’s funeral (Berenji). The irony of the story of how Mr.Mallard arrives home alive, and Mrs.Mallard dies of the sight represents how men controlled the past, present, and future of Louise Mallard in the state of the authoritative figure of the marriage (Berenji). When thinking about her new freedom she thinks about her husband's funeral for the future, it seems as if Mr.Mallard is everywhere although in reality he isn’t. It seems as if wherever Mr.Mallard is there is no room for freedom for Louise (Berenji). Possibly it all relates back to the time period of the traditional society of men being the dominant figure. Although the purpose of “The Story of an Hour” was not written by Chopin to ambush men as controlling creatures, but rather in a sense of the everyday events in the time period that were presumed “normal” at the