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    Never Love Another

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    for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it‚ or it was not purchased for your use only‚ then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. Chapter 1 St Albans‚ summer of 1816 Louise quickly dropped the third hot pan of freshly baked bread on the table next to the other two. She loved this day each week when yeast merged with flour to fill the cottage with the comforting aroma of fresh bread‚ an aroma that took her back to her

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    of Minnewanka Landing. Lake Louise (5‚052 feet)‚ the highest permanent settlement in Canada and it is famous for its teahouses‚ grizzly bears‚ grand hotel‚ skiing‚ Victoria Glacier‚ waterfalls‚ hiking and lakes.Lake Louise is alo known as Canada’s "Diamond in the Wilderness‚" and the "Hiking Capital of Canada". Lake Louise (lake) is one of the most visited and photographed lakes in the world‚ Lake Louise is home to the world-renowned Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. First called Emerald Lake‚ the

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    is very manipulative. In the short story “Fat Girl” the author‚ Andre Dubus‚ gives insight to the damage that can be done when adult role models force false body images on their young children. Following the forceful nature of upper class society‚ Louise mother forcefully puts a negative self body image in Louis mind. Dubus’ “The Fat Girl” distinctively shows the destructive way society views food addiction and how it can sometimes persuade women to follow bad examples. Dubus uses Louise’s story to

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    an Hour” is a story about a woman‚ Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ who has just learned the news that her husband has died in a tragic train wreck. The most significant line of the story is the very last line that hints at the theme of the story as well as the overall irony of it. Kate Chopin’s story talks about approximately “an hour” of time where Louise learns that her husband has died to the time she sees him walking through their front door alive after all. Louise has significant heart troubles so when

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    Emily” struggle being their own person. During this time‚ women face limitations in a society that hold them back. Louise Mallard and Emily Grierson share similarities of being under the control of men‚ the time period‚ and the idea of repression. First of all‚ in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour‚” Louise Mallard is a woman who longs to get away from her marriage. In the beginning‚ Louise finds out that her husband has passed away in a railroad accident‚ and she finally feels freedom as a result.

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    the daughter of a shepherd. She is very clever‚ quick in decision making and very just. Louise is the main character of "Story of An Hour". She is a heart patient and she is very emotional and the main character of "Gaslight" is Paula. She is an artist‚ an English singer who lives in Italy. The character of Manka is different from the other two characters as she is happy with her marriage. Whereas both Louise and Paula are going through the unhappy phase of marriage life. Paula gets married to Gregory

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    at the end of the story‚ the woman’s death shows that it is premature to think that women can recover their autonomy. The story begins when Louise Mallard hears the news of her husband Brently’s death in a train wreck from Richards‚ her husband’s friend‚ and Josephine‚ her sister. Because Louise has heart disease‚ they tell the news with great care. Louise first feels a great loss and cries. Then she goes to her room alone. Gazing vacantly out the window‚ she comes to discover her new side of which

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    character‚ and point of view that contribute to the theme of the story‚ which is a study of individuality conflicting with oppression. Oppression in general can come from society‚ human beings‚ or even from the same person. In this short story‚ Louise is being oppressed by all three groups aforementioned. She is oppressed by society in having to conform to a certain stereotypical method of mourning‚ oppressed by her husband and their marriage‚ and oppressed by her own heart‚ which dares not continue

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    Joy That Kills How would one react to finding out their husband has just died? In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”‚ wife Louise Mallard is told that her husband has been killed. At first Louise is shocked until she retires upstairs where she encounters many different emotions and even an epiphany. But at the end of the story the husband walks in the door . . . alive. The sudden shock of seeing her husband alive ends up killing her. Louise’s personality and actions leading up to‚ during

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    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‚ a recognition that

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