Kyona Stephens 1/16/14 Period 6- English IV Honors Dr.Freeman The story of an hour by Kate Chopin is about how a woman feels about her husband’s death. The death of her husband makes her happy because marriage confined her and she wasn’t able to be free. In this short story‚ the main character Mrs.Mallard shows emotions and support about what has just happened in her life. When she finds out in the beginning about her husband’s death It’s natural for her to be upset with
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The story of an hour” Kate Chopin’s “The story of an hour” perceives this seemingly normal middle-class family with an extensive amount of colorful irony. Louise Mallard is a housewife who tries to lead the most standard life possible with her all-powerful husband.The many years of marriage has brought the feeling of emptiness and vacancy into the soul of Louise Mallard. Through her tribulations of marriage‚ releasing herself and setting both her body
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woman. This bond that they have is supposed to be unbreakable‚ strong‚ and they are supposed to mutually love each other. In the 1800’s‚ this was not usually the case. The wife’s sole purpose in life was to reproduce and spend the rest of their lives serving their husband. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”‚ Louise Mallard was married to Brently Mallard who had never looked save with love upon her. Even though he loved her‚ he was controlling‚ there would be no powerful will bending hers. Many marriages
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The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ expresses thoughts of new beginnings and independence through Mrs. Mallard’s eyes. Mrs. Mallard received the news that her husband Brently Mallard was killed at the scene of a railroad disaster from her sister Josephine. Brently’s friend‚ Richards‚ first found out about the accident through the newspaper office where he then told Josephine the news to pass along to Mrs. Mallard. With the understanding that Mrs. Mallard has heart
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Marriage Sucks In “The Story of an Hour”‚ Kate Chopin utilizes irony to portray marriage as a negative and suffocating experience. In the story Louise Mallard is notified that her husband Brently has been killed in a railroad accident. Chopin uses situational irony to show how Louise is not distressed‚ but pleased‚ to hear of her husband’s death. Her realization that she will no longer be bound to another person excites her as seen through Chopin’s utilization of verbal irony. Chopin utilizes situational
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The Story of an Hour is a story about a woman who does not grieve‚ but is overjoyed by having no more husband to hold her back. The author shows throughout the story the feeling and the projected path by using various literary devices such as metaphors and the way they are dictated‚ as well as tone. These present the story in the way the author meant to‚ and are present to describe certain emotions‚ and create different scenes. This story has a good use of metaphors to show how the widowed
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Irony in "The Story of the Hour" Summary: Dark irony plays a major role in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. A long-suffering wife who celebrates her husbands’ death dies from the shock of discovering he is still alive. In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin‚ there are many moments when Chopin’s craft of writing feeds the irony of the story. One perfect example‚ "assure himself of its truth by a second telegram" (772). This sentence subdued me into believing that Mrs. Mallard’s husband
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The Story of an Hour Terry Bonifas Rasmussen College Author Note This essay is being submitted on April 27‚ 2014‚ for Rebecca Moore’s G230 Introduction to Literature course. The Story of an Hour "The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ interprets the liberation of subjugation and a despondent marriage. The nineteenth century setting is that of a man’s world. The general plot of “Story of an Hour” symbolic of anticipation of possibilities for women abiding the
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The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin Although the readers and I am aware of the cause of Mrs. Mallard death‚which was heart trouble‚ I believe that her death troubles were more then that. The readers should understand that joy of independence‚ oppression‚ and disappointment was involved in her death. It is shocking to Know that these characteristics played a role in her death until you read between the lines. When Louise hears from Josephine and Bentley of her husband’s death‚ she
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Paragraph composition: Irony in “The story of an hour” Chopin uses irony in her short story to show that marriage in the 19th century is not always as society wants us to picture it‚ a love story with a loving husband and a loving wife‚ but reveals that even if a marriage is almost perfect‚ it is not impossible to be unhappy. When Mrs. Mallard hears the news that her husband past away she is at first very saddened. Chopin writes after she has wept in her sister`s arms: “When the storm of grief
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