... met the blind man. She had been engaged to marry an officer in training at the end of the summer. Neither of them had jobs. She saw an advertisement for a job reading to a blind man. During the time she worked for him, she and the blind man became friends ... constructs the character of his wife for the reader. However, the reader actively participates in the construction of the narrator's wife by "reading between the lines." Although the narrator never explicitly states that his wife is exasperated and angry with him, he gives enough details so that ... toward active participation in li...

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... ). Going along with the story, this statement looks as though it is merely describing the weight upon her after the news of her husband's death. After finishing the story and reading it again, the statement looks more like an ironic statement about how physical exhaustion will haunt her body in the end and ultimately take her life. Even in the statement ... the elixir of life through that open window,"" (Chopin 262). Ironically, she was really "drinking the elixir- of death. Finally, Chopin writes, "...those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that woul...

• Word Count: 4614
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• Grade Level: High School