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    “The Story of an Hour” In “The Necklace” and “The Story of an Hour” both Guy de Maupassant and Kate Chopin use irony and descriptive narration to portray Mathilde Loisel and Margaret Mallard as female protagonists whose thoughts and actions are at odds with the expectations of society and the norms of 19th century marriage. These stories were written in a time when women were expected to abide by certain rules and standards placed on them by society and marriage. In both stories the authors

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    Mrs. Mallard died from the sorrow and awareness of her husband’s existence. In “The Story of an Hour”‚ it states‚ “She wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment‚ in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone” (Chopin). At first‚ Mrs. Mallard expressed grief towards the passing of her husband. Although‚ she kept her real feelings toward the event inside. Mrs. Mallard put on a shield to the world for the characters in the book to believe that she

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    Whirligig Have you ever wondered who Brent Bishop is‚ continue reading and you will learn his multi personalities. The book “whirligig” is written by Paul Fleischman‚ the main character in the book is Brent Bishop‚ the new kid in school who just wants to fit in with everyone else. Brent is a determined and resourceful teenager who just wants to do well. Brent is a responsible teenager for many reasons. Whenever he killed lea he was determined to do whatever it took to make things right with

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    In the “Story of an Hour” the ultimate cause of Mrs. Mallard’s death is a heart attack from seeing her husband alive. The phrase “a joy that kills” is debated to have different meanings. One meaning of this phrase relating to this story is that Mrs. Mallard was so sad from her husband’s death that once she saw he was well she was filled with happiness that the shock cause for her to get heart attack and die of pure happiness. Another meaning‚ which in my opinion is the best possible interpretation

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    Freedom is when you’re free from something that is oppressing you! In the ’story of an hour’ Mrs. Mallard had an oppressive husband. The bad thing was that time period it was okay for a man to treat their wives wrong. When her husband had died she‚ “bespoke repression even a certain strength.” she felt that way because when you are free from something‚ you have a sense of strength. For example if your parents go on vacation‚ and leave you at home; then you are free and have power over the house

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    mathematically impossible which in a sense is saying that there is no way for there to ever be too much equality. Many authors who wrote about/during the realism era used inequality as a large opinionated topic such as Kate Chopin in her story of “Story Of An Hour” which holds many great examples of inequality. The issue of inequality still exists in todays world in many

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    The argument that Kate Chopin makes within this story is that women during this particular time period did not have many of the rights women have today. In fact‚ this story is set during 1894 where it was very common to see women married living in the shadows of their husbands. Women did not even receive the right to vote until the year of 1920. Louise Mallard is the main character‚ she is a white middle class women married to Brently Mallard. When Louise first receives the news of the recent death

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    1. When and where was the story written or told? What historical‚ social‚ or cultural background might be needed to understand or explain what the story is about? You can expect by the language and the resources that they had‚ that the story was set in olden times. Since modern electricity was installed in homes during the end of the 19th century you can expect that the story was placed in the 19th century or the early 20th. This is due to them not having modern electricity and being not very wealthy

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    Mrs. Mallard is a character who takes on many forms and emotions throughout this short story. I found myself constantly picturing many different images of‚ and emotions for her throughout this story. We are told she “was afflicted with a heart trouble” (174). So Initially I pictured a very week feeble woman with gray hair and lots of wrinkles. I initially feel a lot of sympathy for this woman as she is already suffering from heart problems‚ now she has lost her husband. I soon learned this is just

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    THE STORY OF MY LIFE BY HELEN KELLER THE STORY OF MY LIFE BY HELEN KELLER www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 1 Notice This ebook is distributed at http://www.inspiring-quotes-and-stories.com You are permitted to distribute and duplicate copies as long as you distribute it in whole without addition‚ subtraction or modification. Copyright © 2006 Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com Inspiring Minds THE STORY OF MY LIFE BY HELEN KELLER www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories

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