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    Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story that tells of the feelings and thoughts of Louise Mallard after she learns of her husband’s death. When the story starts the readers already know of a tragic event that has happened‚ and the characters have no idea. This is because of the POV that Chopin wrote the story in. This story is told in the third person point of view‚ and because of this it makes the story a lot more dramatic but understandable. If the story would have been told in the

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    The Story of an Hour At first glance‚ The Story of an Hour‚ by Kate Chopin‚ seems to be just a short story with a dramatic ending. In reality‚ The Story of an Hour has a much deeper meaning than what’s on the surface. Kate Chopin‚ a 19th century short story writer and novelist‚ wrote this story from the point of view of Mrs.Mallard‚ the wife who was just given the news of her husband’s death. From the moment Mrs.Mallard was given the news‚ there was already a few unusual events that were taking action

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    Kelly Tran Professor Newcomb English 2201 Section 016 October 8‚ 2014 One Dramatic and Tragic Hour of a Woman “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin In this short story—literally because the story happened within an hourKate Chopin manages to let her readers contemplate on the roles of women‚ more particularly in a marital status. Chopin delivers her point by creating a story about how a woman deals with the death of her spouse. This situation gives readers a prediction‚ and that is how the widow

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    Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (born Katherine O’Flaherty February 8‚ 1850 – August 22‚ 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels‚ mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1892 to 1895‚ she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly‚ Vogue‚ the Century‚ and Harper’s Youth’s Companion. Her major works were

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    develop the themes in all works of fine literature. The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a work delicately woven together with different literary elements including symbolism‚ 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

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    In the 1890’s when Chopin lived‚ and wrote “The story of an hour” women were not equal. They did not have a life outside of their duties to the man in charge; whether it is their father‚ brother‚ or husband.  The realization that her husband had not been killed in the train accident‚ therefor “When the doctors came‚ they said she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills.” (Chopin 607)  Overwhelming feelings of freedom‚ and then that loss of freedom are what killed Mrs. Mallard. Not what the

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    some form of the literature. I have chosen to blend the reader’s response and formalist to criticize the story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. She is always able to capture the reader’s attention and never lets it go throughout the entire story. In the story‚ “The Story of an Hour”‚ Kate Chopin (1984) captures the readers attention with just a very few lines at the beginning of the story. She sets a suspenseful mood that leaves the reader wanting to know more and more “Knowing that Ms. Millard

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    Kate Chopin portrays realism in her three short stories: "Regret‚" "The Story of an Hour‚" and “The Storm.” The author makes her fictional work to represent stark of realities in life. The author uses symbols of forthcoming change‚ heart trouble‚ and emotional response in the short stories. She tries to find her identity in the stories. She depicts unconventional issues that women were going through during that time. She highlights that women were bound by conventional domesticity and took care of

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    “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

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    Story Of An Hour” was written in 1894‚ which was in a time period where women did not really have much power or say in anything that went on. Women were really the ones that stayed home and took care of the family and tended to the house‚ while the husbands went out and worked. Women really stayed out of the lime light and their opinions were never heard or considered. Even though women had desires and feelings‚ those feelings were never heard of. Women did not dare speak out about their feelings

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