Written in 1894 by Kate Chopin, the "The Story of an Hour"" is a controversial story about women, men, and the institution of marriage. ... Nothing in the story suggests that Brently Mallard is anything other than a caring, loving husband. ... Chopin continues to say "the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead " (Chopin). ... And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome " (Chopin). ... She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. " (Chopin). ...

• Word Count: 513
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story "The Story of an Hour," author Kate Chopin illustrates how gender roles were very traditionally defined in the late Victorian society. ... In the span of an hour, Mrs. ... Mallard is unlike the typical Victorian housewife, because "she [does] not hear the story as many women have heard the same" (Chopin 54). ... In the span of the hour that Mrs. ... The short story, "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin portrays a story of the time in which women can only become free from men and the confines of marriage through death, as divorce was not socia...

• Word Count: 1036
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Very little action is seen in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour."" ... "The Story of an Hour- takes place during the season of spring. ... Therefore, Kate Chopin may have included this key element of the setting to portray the idea that Mrs. ... Kate Chopin's final line of the story states, "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease "of joy that kills... In closing, "The Story of an Hour,"" by Kate Chopin, is written in a way that leaves it open to many different possible interpretations. ...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" is a sad tale of a woman trying to escape her future. ... Chopin wrote a great story where each word is deep in meaning. ... In the end of this short story, Chopin decided to play a trick. ... Chopin doesn't need many words to instill a lesson. "The story of an hour" is a short story where we observe a tragedy in a making. ...

• Word Count: 913
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"The story of an hour- is a story written by Kate Chopin, an American author. In this short story she Kate Chopin was born Kate O'Flaherty, on February 8, 1850 in St. ... In Kate Chopin's short story, The Story of an Hour, many ironic elements are used to help the reader understand the fate of the main character, Mrs. ... Works Cited Chopin, Kate. ... Kate Chopin's use of irony in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," stands in direct contrast to the subtle manner in which she tells the story. ...

• Word Count: 4614
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

In reading "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, I found that there was very much symbolism in the selection, and that a closer look must be taken in order to see the true meaning of the story. The first sentence of the story "knowing that Mrs. ... Its only at the end of the story that we find out that her first name was Louise. ...

• Word Count: 802
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" death leads to an awakening sense of freedom within Louise Mallard. The news of her husband's death releases not only a sense of relief, but a feeling of true happiness. Yet in the end, it is the death of her happiness and joy that kills her in the end, no...

• Word Count: 380
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In "The Story of An Hour", Kate Chopin makes use of the setting, symbols, as well as her choice of words to show the realization and change in perception of the main character. ... When the story opens, the characters are on the main floor of the Mallard household. ... At the beginning of the story when she is downstairs she is known by her husband's name. ... Throughout "The Story of an Hour" the main character comes to the realization that she can have her own life and be free to live it as she chooses. ...

• Word Count: 949
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is a good example of how love isn't what it's always made out to be, as it depicts such an event in a women's life, and in a single hour it reveals a lifetime of emotional torment but at the same time a sense of the joy of freedom. ... Chopin never tells the readers what kind of heart trouble Mrs. ... All of this happened in the time span of an hour. ... The irony of this story is that it isn't a typical story and the readers aren't aware of what is going to happen next. ... Chopin leaves it up to the readers to interpret it the w...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Such is the case of the central character in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour." ... Louise learns in a brief hour what it is like to be her own person, to live for herself without the constraints of another's will. ...

• Word Count: 577
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School