October 8‚ 2012 The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber both captured my interest from the very beginning. These short stories represents gender roles and marriage. They both are about married couples with controlling mates. “The Story of an Hour” is about a young married woman and how she reacts to the news of her husband dying in a tragic train accident. The story takes place in
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby shows irony through character relationships‚ Gatsby’s life‚ and the abundance of alcohol. The Great Gatsby’s irony shines out through Tom’s treatment of Daisy’s affair. Tom has been publicly unfaithful to Daisy time after time‚ yet Daisy’s affair offends him to the core. Tom says‚ “nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions‚ and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have marriage between black and white” (130). The 1920’s
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Psychological Criticism In today’s society people seek freedom. Everybody has certain needs but one of the most important is the feeling of liberty. People need this feeling because it makes them feel independent and they have total control of their own lives. Furthermore it leads them to become more courageous and lets them live for themselves and nobody else. At first when Ms. Mallard hears the news about her husband’s death she is shocked and in great pain because of the loss. But after giving
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Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Story of an Hour‚" the authors use similar techniques to create different tones‚ which in turn wrongful very distinct reactions from the reader. Both use a third person narrator with a limited omniscient point of view to tell of a brief‚ yet significant period of time. In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚" Bierce uses this method to create an analytical tone to tell the story of Farquhar’s experience just before death. In "The Story of an Hour‚" Chopin uses this method
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ALLEN| IRONY IN MACBETH There are many types of irony used in Macbeth.. Without the irony‚ the tragedy would not be quite so tragic. Verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational irony was used in the story of Macbeth. One type of irony used in Macbeth is verbal irony. This is when a character says one thing and means the opposite. Examples of this are when Macbeth says to Banquo‚ “Tonight we hold a solemn supper‚ sir‚ And I’ll request your presence” or when he says “Fail not our feast". Verbal irony makes
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Ironies in “The Story of an Hour” There are three known types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Dramatic irony is when something is understood by the reader but not grasped by the characters in the story. Verbal irony‚ however‚ is when the character in a story says one thing but means another. Lastly‚ situational irony is when in a situation‚ the actions have an effect that is opposite from what was expected or intended. In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour”‚ dramatic and
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Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the main character‚ in “The Story of an Hour‚” is told the news that her husband has been killed in a train accident. After the first couple of grief cries she begins to feel hope‚ relief‚ and freedom. It comes to her scenes that her marriage and relationship with her husband‚ Mr. Mallard‚ is brutal. Just before Louise live could not get any better all of her hopes and dreams were crashed as she sees the arrival of her husband is perfectly fine conditions. Mrs. Louise death was
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Pleasure of Freedom to Death The name of the story is “An Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ the author explained this story through the implicit sense of character reaction after hearing her husband death news from her sister. Mrs. Mallards who is not happy wife due to the author‚ she didn’t react really hard as usually women do after listening to the tragic news of husband death. It is maybe because she was not happy with her husband‚ she can’t leave him before because it was against parent’s reputation
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Jim give each other. The story would not become famous without its “surprising ending”‚ the accident and coincidence. Readers are attracted to the moving love story between Jim and Della‚ which is transfigured by O.Henry’s unrivalled flowery language‚ academic and belles-letters style‚ and his superb ironical tone. At the end of the story‚ readers will only be able to say “How ironical their life is!” “The irony of life” in “The Gift of the Magi” is presented through a story of love and sacrifice between
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our culture. Today and in the past‚ feminist notions about the social norms that limit women’s possibilities have yearned for expression and have found this through various artistic outlets. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin‚ and the 1944 Film Gaslight are three artistic works that relay feminist themes in a unique way. These three works differ in certain aspects‚ but all ultimately embody the same underlying theme of the oppression and liberation
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