Story Of An Hour Figurative Language Essay
In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin tells the story of a dysfunctional marriage full of oppression and repressed resent. Chopin uses figurative language to show how Mrs. Mallard’s feeling towards her marriage develop over time. Marriages can be and how in some situations death can be preferable to living an oppressed life.
When Mrs. Mallard is devastated to learn her husband’s death and she “wept with wild abandonment.” Chopin using imagery to describe creates a vivid picture of Mrs. Mallard’s mourning. Chopin foreshadows Mrs. Mallard’s fate by introducing on Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition which is what she eventually dies form.
Mrs. Mallard later begins to feel hopeful as “patches of blue sky” began to appear. The patches of blue sky symbolize of hope as Mrs. Mallard releases the positive aspects of her husband's death like her new freedom. Although Mrs. Mallard knows she will miss her husband because at one point she did love him, she starts to …show more content…
Mallard becomes increasingly more relieved at her husband's death. When her husband turns out to be alive and walks through the door as if nothing ever happened all of the freedom and excitement she was beginning to feel was grabbed out from under her leaving her terrified to go back to her oppressive relationship. Mrs. Mallard can't take the idea of returning to her former life and she dies, thereby escaping a miserable future.
Chopin uses irony when Mrs. Mallard is happy when her husband dies and devastated to learn that he’s alive. Chopin does this to show the unique grieving process Mrs. Mallard is going through due to her dysfunctional marriage.
After Mr. Mallard’s death, Mrs. Mallard was grief-stricken, but as time continued she began to discover a new and exciting freedom. When she discovers her husband alive the sudden, unexpected loss of the freedom she grew to enjoy killed Mrs. Mallard. This shows that in certain situations, continuous oppression can be a far worse predicament than
When Mrs. Mallard is devastated to learn her husband’s death and she “wept with wild abandonment.” Chopin using imagery to describe creates a vivid picture of Mrs. Mallard’s mourning. Chopin foreshadows Mrs. Mallard’s fate by introducing on Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition which is what she eventually dies form.
Mrs. Mallard later begins to feel hopeful as “patches of blue sky” began to appear. The patches of blue sky symbolize of hope as Mrs. Mallard releases the positive aspects of her husband's death like her new freedom. Although Mrs. Mallard knows she will miss her husband because at one point she did love him, she starts to …show more content…
Mallard becomes increasingly more relieved at her husband's death. When her husband turns out to be alive and walks through the door as if nothing ever happened all of the freedom and excitement she was beginning to feel was grabbed out from under her leaving her terrified to go back to her oppressive relationship. Mrs. Mallard can't take the idea of returning to her former life and she dies, thereby escaping a miserable future.
Chopin uses irony when Mrs. Mallard is happy when her husband dies and devastated to learn that he’s alive. Chopin does this to show the unique grieving process Mrs. Mallard is going through due to her dysfunctional marriage.
After Mr. Mallard’s death, Mrs. Mallard was grief-stricken, but as time continued she began to discover a new and exciting freedom. When she discovers her husband alive the sudden, unexpected loss of the freedom she grew to enjoy killed Mrs. Mallard. This shows that in certain situations, continuous oppression can be a far worse predicament than