"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin gives us a very interesting look at how an hour can be such a long time. ... Would a male author have the same feelings as Kate Chopin? ... Kate Chopin's stories often deal with marriage and present an unconventional perspective on the theme. ... In her stories Chopin explores the special problems and dilemmas that women often face. ... As a writer, Kate Chopin often wrote very rapidly with very little revision (Wyatt). ...

• Word Count: 721
• Approx Pages: 3
• 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
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin uses many different elements to create the theme of "The Story of an Hour." ... The theme of "The Story of an Hour" is the frailty of life. Irony is the first element of "The Story of an Hour." ... There are also several instances of foreshadowing in "The Story of an Hour." ... Kate Chopin uses irony, symbolism, and foreshadowing effectively throughout "The Story of an Hour." ...

• Word Count: 802
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• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin, often called a women before her time, wrote the short story, "The Story of an Hour" to demonstrate the how women were treated in the nineteenth century. Chopin's theme in "The Story of an Hour" exhibits Louise Mallard's struggle to find her identity against the faction of womanhood that women experienced in the nineteenth century. ... During one hour Mrs. ... Along with symbolism, Chopin also uses irony throughout the story to prove to the audience her theme. ... In "The Story of an Hour" Chopin explains how society in the nineteenth century, through its stereotyp...

• Word Count: 733
• Approx Pages: 3
• 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
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• Grade Level: High School

In "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin, the main character Mrs. ... Chopin uses symbolism, irony to support the fact that her very existence is dependent on the environment around her. Chopin first shows symbolism "she could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. ... Situational irony is shown in this story through her contemplation of all her emotions. ... Verbal irony is shown in the last part of this story when she realizes that her husband is not dead, but in fact alive. ...

• Word Count: 526
• Approx Pages: 2
• 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
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin used irony in her short story, The Story of an Hour. ... Kate Chopin used irony in The Story of an Hour through her setting when describing the organization, characterization, and atmosphere. ... The atmosphere for The Story of an Hour was also a bit ironic. ... Chopin used irony in her story which, in turn, made the story more interesting and believable. Chopin's use of irony through the different elements of setting is what made The Story of an Hour a good one. ...

• Word Count: 794
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's "The Story of and Hour", deals with emotions felt by one character that are completely misunderstood by the other characters in the story. ... When they break the news to her, "She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. ... The great irony in this story is that Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 560
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• Grade Level: High School

"The Story of an Hour" This is the story of Mrs. ... At very the beginning of the story, the author stresses the fact that Mrs. ... In this story, there are some obvious contrasts between life and death. ... However, a second reading of the story makes clear that it is a criticism to the institution of marriage, of which Chopin is against. To Chopin and to many others, marriage requires "to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature", which leads to the end of individual freedom and self-assertion. ...

• Word Count: 1178
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the 1894 story, "The story of an Hour", Kate Chopin appeals to the reader's sympathy, when the lead character, Mrs. ... The author uses characterization throughout the story to appeal to the reader's senses. ... Chopin brings the integrity of the young wife's love for her husband into question, as the occasional sob fades with the realization that she will no longer lead the repressed life of the pre-women's rights era. ... Chopin begins the story with the fact of Mrs. ... The story takes a suddenly cruel and climatic twist when the husband comes home alive. ...

• Word Count: 562
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour-, written in new modern feminism, is an exciting short fiction mainly expressing the possessive, rather than loving relations between a husband and wife. ... This scene is the climax of the story. ... Brently Mallard's return is the climax of the story. ... Setting is crucial to the story in its entirety. ... Through thorough analysis, one may better understand Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour-. ...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The short story " Story of an Hour" written by Kate Chopin takes place in the early 1900's in the US. The story is based on a woman's struggle for freedom in a time where their husbands suppressed most women intellectually, and in extracurricular activities were rare for them to practice. ... When she finally understands the story she becomes paralyzed. ... "Story of an Hour" is the struggle of a woman in the early 1900's, who just wants to be free. ...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• 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