Story Of An Hour Literary Analysis
English 102
09, February 2012
Freedom and Confinement In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin showed how even the news of someone else's death, if told the wrong way, can be lethal. Louis Mallard was described as a woman who has heart troubles. Louis’s sister told her, her husband has died in a railroad disaster. At first Louis was overwhelmed with sadness and despair, but after crying for some time, she begins to imagine the years ahead; on her own without anyone to oppress her. She is overjoyed with her newfound sense of independence. Those feelings were soon taken away, and replaced with death, when her husband comes home. At first Louis Mallard is afraid of freedom, but once she begins to experience her newly-found independence, it filled
09, February 2012
Freedom and Confinement In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin showed how even the news of someone else's death, if told the wrong way, can be lethal. Louis Mallard was described as a woman who has heart troubles. Louis’s sister told her, her husband has died in a railroad disaster. At first Louis was overwhelmed with sadness and despair, but after crying for some time, she begins to imagine the years ahead; on her own without anyone to oppress her. She is overjoyed with her newfound sense of independence. Those feelings were soon taken away, and replaced with death, when her husband comes home. At first Louis Mallard is afraid of freedom, but once she begins to experience her newly-found independence, it filled