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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

            Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" is a sad tale of a woman trying to escape her future. The ironic story of Louise Mallard is hard to understand without understanding the relationship with her husband, Brently Mallard. The Mallards were a typical couple of that time, loving and repressive. .
             Brently and Louise was a typical couple that loved each other. This wasn't your typical nineties marriage. Chopin wrote a great story where each word is deep in meaning. The reader realizes that this isn't a contemporary story by the way the first paragraph is written. The telegraph and the railroad are the evidence of this being none contemporary story. The next thing a reader observes is the way Chopin introduces the characters, for example Mrs. Mallard is called by her husband's last name meanwhile her husband is called by his full name. .
             Mrs. Mallard is a typical house wife. It seems that she has grown accustomed to her husband and stayed with him because of the tradition and comfort her society has created. As the story opens, the reader finds out that Mr. Mallard has been killed in an accident. This news is delivered to his wife, who has a medical heart condition, very carefully by her sister Josephine and than verified by Richard, a friend of Brantley's. .
             At first, Louise was shocked by the news. She realized that her husband was gone. A person she relied on and lived with for a long time. The reader realizes that Louise lives in a man's world and she is repressed in her relationship. But Louise has become accustomed to the life style she had. Even though Louise was a plain house wife, its obvious Brently Mallard was well off. Brently and Louise lived in a two story house and had comfortable furniture. Louise was used to the comfortable life and that is why she remained with her husband. .
             Louis's relationship with Brently wasn't bad. It was evidence that Brently has not abused Louise nor has he treated her badly.


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1. The Story of an Hour

... broken to Louise, she immediately burst into tears and clutches her sister. After Louise calms down, she goes to her room to be by herself. She is still very upset, sobbing every now and then, but as she looks through the window, she is disturbed by her feelings, "this thing that was approaching to possess her"(Trotter 150). She is beginning to feel ... the freedom of being able "to live for herself"(Trotter 153) instead of her husband. She tries to reject this feeling at first, but then starts to give ... to be raised, as it also liberated her mother from his "powrful will". The "Stor...

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2. Analysis of Kate Chopin

... , and style. Critics view her writings with a diverse viewpoint. In "The Story of an Hour- and " Ripe Figs- Kate Chopin uses symbolism. "The Story of an Hour- tells of a woman, Mrs. Mallard, who is afflicted with heart trouble and is told false news of her husband's death. Said of Mrs. Mallard when told of husband's death: She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same with a paralyzed inability to except its significance. She wept at ... follow her. (13) Mrs. Mallard spent that time in hr room by her window. In this time Chopin describes the weather in great detail. She us...

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3. Literary Criticism - The Story of an Hour

... by women. Even her marriage to Oscar Chopin did not change her views as he allowed her be herself and express her views as she pleases. She even gave her kids as much freedom as possible. After her husband died, Chopin had a short relation with another man. This is thought to be her inspiration for the affair in her work "The Story of an Hour." This particular story ... , along with "The Awakening" is female oriented. This article is very informative to the reader about Kate Chopin's view on society and individuality. The article is well written and provides sufficient information about ...

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... men, they are allowed more privileges than have been granted to women in the centuries before. Kate Chopin wrote two short stories that provide examples of the way women act when they are freed of their homemaking responsibilities. For example, in the "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, Louise first cries when she hears of her husband's death. After meditating on some of the new opportunities she will be able to experience, she becomes joyful. Only ... then, she realizes her husband is at the door and is alive. With this realization all the joy that is on the inside dies and so does she....

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5. Chopin Essay

... recently that women's rights have dramatically improved. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Kate Chopin wrote literature, which espoused radical and provocative ideas about women's role in society. Chopin's work was groundbreaking and controversial. In "The Story of an Hour", Chopin relates the negative consequences resulting from society's undermining nature toward women, to the dramatic death of Louise Mallard. At the time in which "The Story of an Hour" is set, women were considered to be possessions ... belonging to their husbands. Men were expected to be the brea...

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6. the story of an hour

... problem's with her husband. Chopin also gives subtle, ironic clues to foreshadow the outcome of the story by inferring about Mrs. Mallard's condition. When all of this, plus the irony of Mrs. Mallard's excitement is depicted, the theme of the story, the irony of fate, is conveyed. Works Cited Chopin, Kate. The Story of an Hour, in Cassill, R.V., ed., The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, sixth edition, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2000. (260-263). Kate Chopin's use of irony in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," stands in direct contrast ... to the subtle manner in which...

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9. Kate Chopin: Giving Stories Life

... influence on the development of the story. Style is simply the use of language, setting, atmosphere, or mood used by the writer to give the reader the full picture. In "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm", Kate Chopin creates an atmosphere so intense that it can almost be considered a character in itself. In "The Story of an Hour", after Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband's death, she retreats to her room. This is where Chopin goes to work creating an atmosphere. For example, "the tops of trees ... that were all aquiver with new spring life", "delicious breath of rain ... ...

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10. Irony in The Story of an Hour

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