Perspective In Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

The way freedom is conveyed by the characters of Offred and Mrs. Mallard depend a lot upon the literary expression of perspective. This is a crucial part to how the stories are interpreted because you as a reader only take in what the perspective conveys. That plays into the part of “The Story of an Hour” because you only have what Mrs. Mallard feels and what she feels. That was purposely done for the text because if you knew everything about the background of Mrs. Mallard and her husband’s relationship the effect of her perceived freedom may not have the same effect. The perspective gives this idea of mysteriousness about her life and essentially leaves it up to interpretation, and as a reader you feel something was very wrong with Mrs. Mallard’s relationship because she died an hour after learning about her husband’s death from joy and finally being free in her eyes. …show more content…
Perspective is in “The Handmaid’s Tale” too. The whole story is a diary, which shows only Offred’s perspective which makes her feelings and what she thinks essential to the story. You feel what she thinks freedom is, and you are told what she wants and needs to feel this idea of freedom. That idea becomes euphoria, and from her perspective as a reader you understand and sympathize with what she is feeling because, so much has been taken from her. Like “The Story of an Hour”, “the Handmaid’s Tale “doesn’t allow the reader to know all the backstory and leaves it up in the air, which from a literary standpoint makes it easier to relate to a certain character. I think this literary technique shows the skill of a writer and ties directly with the concept of freedom because when you read these stories you understand what they feel is freedom, and how their definition of freedom may differ from