Setting is used in stories to develop the mood and the surroundings of the characters in it. It can also symbolize different things that help us understand a character better. This is greatly portrayed in “The story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the setting helps dramatize the change within Mrs. Mallard.
Mrs. Mallard was an old lady who was struggling with heart problems, when she was informed her husband had died in a train crash. When she heard the news she went into her room alone and locked the door. “There stood, facing an open window, a comfortable, roomy a
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