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The story of an hour

 

            
             In the short story, "The Story of an Hour," written by Kate Chopin, irony of a situation is emphasized too show meaning to the story.
             After Louise finds out the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard, Louise's first reaction was to depart in a "storm of grief" with "wild abandonment" (Chopin 3). However instead of being in a state grief, Louise began to sit in her chair alone in her room and started to "reach in to her soul" (Chopin 4). Because of the death of her husband, Louise starts to realize the "new spring life"(Chopin 5) and all her surroundings she has never examined before. .
             With her new state of mind Louise becomes jovial because of the felling of ecstasy. Repeating to herself "Free! Body and soul free," (Chopin 14) Louise ironically likes the fact that her husband has died. By confessing that she had only loved him "sometimes" (Chopin 14) also explains her lack of love that her had provided for her.
             After Louise's taste of freedom, she felt like a "goddess of victory"(Chopin 18), which explains that her newfound liberty and lack of depression was a big achievement for her. Subsequently Louise's husband shows up to be alive, while at the same time, Louise dies and was killed with her over excitement. Having this sudden attack of death shows that her freedom was now taken away as her husband appeared to her. .
             The author's theme that was presented in this story was to show that sometimes the absence of someone or something might give the victim a new view of life, either if it is good or if it is bad.
            


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