Regionalism author Kate Chopin and Victorian poet Robert Browning have masterfully created literature classics depicting the plight of humanity. Chopin's short story Story of an Hour and Browning's epic poem My Last Duchess have effectively presented the reader with women within their oppressive society; however, the authors present unique techniques to convey societal oppression as influenced by their literary genres. Chopin and Browning convey the plight of humanity through their characters by masterfully utilizing diction to create implied ... attempting to defend the Duchess' memory. Desp...

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