The Story of an Hour The Usage of Irony In the story of an hour, Kate Chopin uses a great amount of irony to accomplish many unexpected twists and turns. ... Kate Chopin makes a very interesting connection with the feelings of the woman. Since Chopin had become a widow at a very young age too. ... Irony is introduced in the story from the very beginning "Knowing that Mrs. ... The climax of the story is when Mrs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. ... Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the other in only an hour. ... Kate Chopin has much in common with the main character, Louise Mallard. ... She wrote many controversial stories. ... At this point in the story she is now known to us as Louise. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. ... Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the other in only an hour. ... Kate Chopin has much in common with the main character, Louise Mallard. ... She wrote many controversial stories. ... At this point in the story she is now known to us as Louise. ...

• Word Count: 814
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• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. ... Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the other in only an hour. ... Kate Chopin has much in common with the main character, Louise Mallard. ... She wrote many controversial stories. ... At this point in the story she is now known to us as Louise. ...

• Word Count: 815
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. ... Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the other in only an hour. ... Kate Chopin has much in common with the main character, Louise Mallard. ... She wrote many controversial stories. ... At this point in the story she is now known to us as Louise. ...

• Word Count: 815
• Approx Pages: 3
• 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
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour," Louise Mallard is introduced as the housewife who has a heart condition and has recently discovered the "death" of her husband. ... Kate Chopin portrays inside this story the lack of women's freedom in the 1800's. ... The Story of an Hour hints that her husband followed these boundaries since she felt stuck and lacked her sense of freedom while he was alive. ... Mallard last hour of her life. ... "Louise goes from devastation to euphoria to shock, all in an hour....

• Word Count: 856
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• 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Emotional Changes in an Hour In the short story "A Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin, the whole range of emotions are felt by the main charter Louise Mallard, in hearing the news of her husband's tragic death then subsequent revelation of its fallacy. ... Chopin focused on describing the respondent of Mrs. ... Mallard were happened in an hour only. This is an wonderful hour included her sadness, hopefulness and hopelessness. ... Mallard has liberated through her supposed husband's death as well as through herself death at the end of the story. ...

• Word Count: 545
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• Grade Level: High School

The short story "The Story of an Hour," written by Kate Chopin, is filled with many occurrences and connections that sparked my interest. One thing in particular was the incorporation of spring in the story. ... She looks out the window and the first thing she notices is "the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life" (Chopin 415). ... Mallard did get what she wanted in the end of the story. ... Lots of women do not have the courage to tell their significant others how they truly feel, especially in the time frame that "The Story of an Hour" was written. ...

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The Story of an Hour "The Story of an Hour" is emphatically a coming of age anecdote, written by Kate Chopin in eighteen ninety-four. ... The title "The Story of an Hour" first of all reflects how time is an untamed animal that picks and chooses its victims. ... Also, through out the story Chopin points out that there was some possible abuse with the disposition. ... "The Story of an Hour" also brings another premise to the scene, with how humans attempt to control one another to there own resolution. ... Kate Chopin also deals with the perception of irony with "The Story of an Hour," ...

• Word Count: 723
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• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour "The Story of an Hour" is emphatically a coming of age anecdote, written by Kate Chopin in eighteen ninety-four. ... The title "The Story of an Hour" first of all reflects how time is an untamed animal that picks and chooses its victims. ... Also, through out the story Chopin points out that there was some possible abuse with the disposition. ... "The Story of an Hour" also brings another premise to the scene, with how humans attempt to control one another to there own resolution. ... Kate Chopin also deals with the perception of irony with "The Story of an Hour," in a...

• Word Count: 728
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour The imagery used in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", provokes thoughts and senses in ways that allows the reader to imagine what is occurring. ... Chopin's writing style allows the reader to visualize not only tangible things but also emotions. ... At this point in the story Mrs. ... It is through such description that the reader is able to clearly visualize what is happening throughout this story. The word choice in "The Story of an Hour" is the primary means by which the reader paints such a well-designed mental picture of what Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 458
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• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour The imagery used in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", provokes thoughts and senses in ways that allows the reader to imagine what is occurring. ... Chopin's writing style allows the reader to visualize not only tangible things but also emotions. ... At this point in the story Mrs. ... It is through such description that the reader is able to clearly visualize what is happening throughout this story. The word choice in "The Story of an Hour" is the primary means by which the reader paints such a well-designed mental picture of what Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 458
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, one question remains with the reader after finishing the story. ... In the first part of the story, Mrs. ... In the same subtle fashion as Chopin hints at love, she shows us how unhappy Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 320
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• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," is realistic in both characters and situation. ... The description Chopin provides of Mrs. ... body and soul gives her joy finally, even though this kind of reaction is contrary to what conventional women are supposed to feel, particularly in Chopin's time. ... It's the joy that came from finding strength, freedom, self and her own victory in a single hour. ...

• Word Count: 667
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School