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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 Chopins The Story of the Hour was a short story full of emotions. The story begins in a quiet somber tone‚ gets busy and exciting‚ and eventually ends in the death of Mrs. Mallard. The story has many ups and downs even though it is a short story. In the beginning of the story‚ you feel like it is going to be a sad story since its starts off with Mr. Mallard’s friend Richards hearing that Mr. Mallard had been killed in a train wreck. He made sure to double check on the information before telling

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    Though there are a few different ways to approach Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour"‚ I feel that the historical critical theory serves best. Chopin lived during a difficult time for women; they were oppressed by male superiority and greatly undervalued. When this information is taken into account‚ it appears as if her character Mrs. Mallard is also burdened with these issues. She longs to feel independence. Chopin describes Mrs. Mallard as "young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines [bespeak]

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    Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” talks about a wife who was afflicted with a heart trouble and felt abused and neglected. Mrs. Mallard was a woman who felt trapped by her husband. She was surprised when she finds out about the death of her husband through a horrible accident and that she was not most often in love with her husband. While most people would have bad emotions about the loss of a husband‚ Mrs. Mallard felt differently. She felt the death of her husband brought her some source of

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    Story of an Hour Questions In the short storyStory of an HourChopin illustrates that societal expectations will subdue and repress one’s identity. Firstly‚ in the very first paragraph it is noted that Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble; naturally‚ one would presume that she is of quite some age‚ however‚ in the eighth paragraph it reads‚ “She was young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength.” (Chopin‚ 8th paragraph) This comes as a surprise

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    In “The Story Of An Hour” The theme is freedom. When Louise hears from Josephine and Richard about her husband Brently’s death‚ she reacts with obvious grief‚ and goes into her room to mourn in peace. However moments later of Louise being alone in her room she begins to realize that she is now a free‚independent women‚ she tries to push past the feeling at first but comes to realize she can’t deny the overwhelming feeling of being free! This realization excites her‚perhaps more than it should. When

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    8 February 2014 “The Storm” The story‚ “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is about a lonesome house wife‚ Calixita‚ and her old friend‚ Alcee‚ whom are both trapped in unfulfilling marriages‚ share their repressed feelings toward one another on a night during a fierce storm‚ while their significant others are away. There are too many times that people fall into a loveless marriage without having the restrictions of earlier years when there were arranged marriages‚ or just rushing into things due to lust

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    Have you ever desired something so badly‚ that it kills you inside? Well‚ in weak-hearted Louise Mallard’s case‚ it literally kills her. In “The Story of an Hour‚” freedom is a prohibited indulgence that is kept only in the privacy of her own thoughts. When her sister carefully explains that her husband‚ Brently Mallard‚ has passed away‚ Mrs. Mallard breaks down in tears. However‚ after resorting to isolation in her empty bedroom‚ Louise begins to realize that she is now a completely free woman

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    Bob Marley once said “Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” Freedom; a two syllable word that means so much.What is freedom; for many freedoms is the ability to act‚ speak‚ or think with no consequences. Around the world people are fighting for their own freedom; in the story “ The Story of an Hour‚” you have a woman who finds freedom from her husband. You also have Naheed Mustafa‚ who talks about how she felt wearing her hijab in society. Bob Marley’s

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    • At the time Kate Choplin started writing‚around the 1890’s.the American way of life and action had seen vast changes‚but the idea of true autonomy for women or the question of a single sexual standard for men and women was far from the limelight.it is no wonder then that Kate was then met with a dissaproving public reception‚but in retrospect is considered a women ahead of her times;for Kate started her writing‚with a frank potrayal of a woman’s sexual social and spiritual awakening.Love and passion

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