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Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist in Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour”‚ was informed before this passage that her husband has died in a railroad accident. She asks to be left alone and goes to her room‚ everyone assumes to go grieve‚ but this passage shows her actual response to the news. Instead of sobbing or any other natural responses to the death of a loved one‚ Louise responds to the news by whispering the words “free‚ free‚ free!” over and over again. Like many women of this time (this short
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the story of an hour Mrs. Mallard is the main character who has a heart condition. The story begins with learning the news her husband has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard’s sister‚ Josephine‚ is the one who tries to break the news gently due to Mrs. Mallard having a heart condition. Mrs. Mallard begins to cry and goes to her room and locks herself when while she has a few moments to herself. While in her room she begins to whisper the words free. Josephine foes to Mrs. Mallards room
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C. Wiggins English 102 24 September 2011 Freedom In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Choplin‚ Mrs. Mallard finds freedom in the false belief that her husband is dead‚ and she dies when she faces the truth. The story takes place back in the 1890’s where women were not treated equally and their expected duties were only to maintain a home and care for their husband‚ also know as a “house wife”. Throughout the story Mrs. Mallard goes through a transformation of initially grieving and accepting
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the short story‚ “ Story Of An Hour’ throughout the story Mrs. Mallard is seeking freedom. I say this because of the stress her husband is putting her through‚ also the heart trouble she is dealing with. Years ago you may know that women were to stay in the house to cook‚ clean‚ take care of the family and men were to provide for the family ‚ put food on the table ‚ make sure that they weren’t in need for anything. This was putting a toll on Mrs. Mallard’s life. When Mrs. Mallard found out
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin dives into difficult issues involved in the interchange of female love‚ independence‚ and marriage through her short but successful characterization of the supposedly widowed Louise Mallard in her last hour of life. After discovering that her husband has died in a tragic train accident‚ Mrs. Mallard faces conflicting emotions of grief at her husband ’s death and joy at the prospects for freedom in the remainder of her life. The latter emotion eventually takes priority
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“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin LaToya Heyward ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Prof. Stephanie Allen October 29‚ 2012 “The Story of an Hour” I chose to discuss the short story by Kate Chopin‚ “The Story of an Hour”. I will identify the theme and the literary elements that helped me with my analysis. I would consider the story “The Story of an Hour” to be the story of love and boosting the ego. There are many literary elements that aid my analysis‚ and helped supported my reading
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slight sense of sarcasm in the narrators tone and at the same time feel sorry for Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard seems to be quite selfish. She is not sad about her husband’s death; she is only thinking about how her life would be now that he is gone. Mrs. Mallard seldom talks for herself which makes the reader wonder how reliable the narration really is. According to the narrator‚ it does not seem like Mrs. Mallard knows how to deal with her husband’s death. She seems confused. She does not know whether
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"The Story of an Hour" By Kate Chopin "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin describes the thoughts and feelings that are depicted in a single hour of the life of Louise Mallard after hearing that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident. As the story begins we are told that Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with a heart condition so the news of her husband’s death is broken to her gently by her sister. Mrs. Mallard’s initial reaction‚ upon hearing of her husband’s death
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Story of an Hour Kate Chopin ’s the "Story of an Hour" includes a vast amount of literary devices. Irony‚ foreshadowing‚ personification‚ imagery‚ symbolism‚ metaphor and repetition are some of the major literary techniques used by Chopin within this short story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard. Although the story covers only one hour in the life of the main character‚ the use of these various literary techniques present the theme of the story to the reader in a very entertaining manner. The
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