Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin Essay
As defined by Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes”. Kate Chopin writes a short story that explains feminism in a literary approach. The Story of an Hour tells the story of a woman who feels trapped in her marriage and desperately wants to escape. Within a matter of two pages, Chopin gives Mrs. Mallard the chance to obtain freedom, however, not in the way the reader expects.
The short story starts off by telling the reader that Mrs. Mallard is “afflicted with a heart trouble” (122). With this being said, her family takes caution in telling Mrs. Mallard the news of her husband passing. Richard, who is a close friend of the husband, was there to comfort Mrs.
The short story starts off by telling the reader that Mrs. Mallard is “afflicted with a heart trouble” (122). With this being said, her family takes caution in telling Mrs. Mallard the news of her husband passing. Richard, who is a close friend of the husband, was there to comfort Mrs.