The poem “ The Story of an Hour ” was written and published by Kate Chopin in 1894. Kate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. Chopin was an American author who wrote short stories and novels . She is now considered to have been an American 20th-century feminist authors of Catholic or Southern background. “The Story of an Hour” is Kate Chopin’s short story about the thoughts of a newly widowed woman after she is told that her husband has died due to a train accident. In 1894 the story first appeared in Vogue and is known to be one of Chopin’s most popular poems. This poem “The story of an hour” has a complex plot because it contains an exposition, a middle, and an end.
The poem “The story of hour” has a complex plot because it has an exposition. The protagonist character in the poem is Louis Mallard who currently is married to Brently Mallard. This poem takes place in the nineteenth century during a time period back when women had not as many rights as men. Women right did not take place until the early twentieth century when the women rights movements began and in 1920 women was finally granted the rights to vote. This time period men was dominant …show more content…
Given the harsh news of Mr. Mallard sudden death in public, the newly widow, Mrs. Mallard put on the facade of feeling sorrowful and mourning over her husband's death but behind closed doors, however when she was alone she felt as if she was finally “free” from him.This is due to the pain she had to endure while her husband was alive and relieved when he finally been said to have died. That same day goes on and the wife herself find that her husband in fact did not die, but ironically she dies of a heart disease,that she has been suffering from, that same day. Ultimately the question still stands, did Mrs.Mallard finally get the freedom she always longed awaited for although she died in the end of heart
The poem “The story of hour” has a complex plot because it has an exposition. The protagonist character in the poem is Louis Mallard who currently is married to Brently Mallard. This poem takes place in the nineteenth century during a time period back when women had not as many rights as men. Women right did not take place until the early twentieth century when the women rights movements began and in 1920 women was finally granted the rights to vote. This time period men was dominant …show more content…
Given the harsh news of Mr. Mallard sudden death in public, the newly widow, Mrs. Mallard put on the facade of feeling sorrowful and mourning over her husband's death but behind closed doors, however when she was alone she felt as if she was finally “free” from him.This is due to the pain she had to endure while her husband was alive and relieved when he finally been said to have died. That same day goes on and the wife herself find that her husband in fact did not die, but ironically she dies of a heart disease,that she has been suffering from, that same day. Ultimately the question still stands, did Mrs.Mallard finally get the freedom she always longed awaited for although she died in the end of heart