The story of an hour takes place in 1900's where women weren’t treated as individuals, they were treated as possessions and expected to be a loyal housewives. Construction of gender contribute to the irony in the story of an hour. Louise is a wife of Bentley Mallard who is everything what the character in the story expect to be. The characteristics of Louise been constructed that her behavior is understandable to the readers. Therefore, her death is ironic because the construction of gender contributes the irony in the story of an hour.
The construction of gender throughout the story has two different views. To characters in the story’s point of view, Louise is like all other married women. Recall that around year 1900's women were meant to be loyal housewife, always respects her husband, etc . . . but to the reader’s point of view, its expected that her respond to her husband’s death is different than any other women. The readers ha
Throughout the story, the construction of gender contribution was yet nature and expected. Its nature to the characters in the story since they expect her to be ordinary married woman. Its expected to the readers since the readers know her past and her behavior is understandable. Therefore, there is nothing ironic about it in both cases. When Mr. Mallard returns alive, she dies of heart attack. The characters thinks that she died of joy of seeing him return. This is ironic to the readers since the readers expected her to enjoy her remaining life not seeing her husband return and she dying of heart attack.
ve acknowledge that she had been stereotyped throughout her marriage life. Her inner thoughts were more focused in freedom and new life. For example, ‘new spring of life.’; knowing that her husband will never be in her presence, Bentley’s death is indication of her beginning of fresh new life. ‘Blue skies ‘ signifies hope, dark clouds have drifted away and peace
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