Like they say, there’s always two things you can’t escape in life, death and taxes. For the most part, death is something terrifying to think about, right? I mean where do we go after that? Who knows. Death is always tragic and is one of the most mysterious and contradictory topics in literature. Death is always a confusing topic that many people take in different ways. Death of a close person is a very tragic event in life of an individual due to a number of reasons mainly because of love and attachment, but from the other side in many respects the death for an individual changes during one’s entire life.
The short story, The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin, Takes place during the 19800’s. Back at this time period, women had very little rights …show more content…
Her health, the corresponding condition of delicacy, and the danger of unexpected news are all highlighted. In a twisted way, Mrs. Mallard becomes prepared for her husband's death, but not his life. You might notice that this sentence is written in the passive voice: "great care was taken" to tell Mrs. Mallard the news. The people who take care of Mrs. Mallard this way, though, aren't mentioned until the next paragraph. Plus, Chopin's whole writing style in this story is kind of a tease. She forces the reader to fill in the blanks. Consider, for example, the way she describes the end of the story. Mrs. Mallard is coming down the stairs when her husband, who is supposed to be dead, walks in; the couple's friend Richards tries to move between them to keep her from sustaining a potentially deadly shock. The narrator simply says, "But Richards was too late" (22). What Richard's is "too late" to do, precisely, is left to the reader's imagination. The next paragraph simply reads, "When the …show more content…
The poem describes the emotions and true feelings of a young girl student who thinks that suicide is the only way left for her to please her parents and others and escape the pressures of student life. The poem describes the line of thinking of a despaired college girl, who relentlessly feels that she is not good enough. The poem is presented by the author in the form of a suicide note written by the poor girl to her parents. Whatever effort she puts in, she can never satisfy her parents for their expectation are unreasonably high. Her parents’ words repeat in her mind – “not good enough not pretty enough not smart enough.” At that moment she genuinely wishes she were born a son, which would have equipped her better in dealing with the challenges of her life. She feels that she will never find success in school, and she is never able to please her parents. Therefore, she jumps to the conclusion that suicide is the only way she will be rid of all this torment. This also suggests that her parents were more concerned about the grades she acquires and not truly unconditional in their love for their daughter. As she stands on the ledge of her building in preparation for death, it then occurs to her how disappointed her parents would be when they come to know of her failure. That comes out as apologies for her
The short story, The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin, Takes place during the 19800’s. Back at this time period, women had very little rights …show more content…
Her health, the corresponding condition of delicacy, and the danger of unexpected news are all highlighted. In a twisted way, Mrs. Mallard becomes prepared for her husband's death, but not his life. You might notice that this sentence is written in the passive voice: "great care was taken" to tell Mrs. Mallard the news. The people who take care of Mrs. Mallard this way, though, aren't mentioned until the next paragraph. Plus, Chopin's whole writing style in this story is kind of a tease. She forces the reader to fill in the blanks. Consider, for example, the way she describes the end of the story. Mrs. Mallard is coming down the stairs when her husband, who is supposed to be dead, walks in; the couple's friend Richards tries to move between them to keep her from sustaining a potentially deadly shock. The narrator simply says, "But Richards was too late" (22). What Richard's is "too late" to do, precisely, is left to the reader's imagination. The next paragraph simply reads, "When the …show more content…
The poem describes the emotions and true feelings of a young girl student who thinks that suicide is the only way left for her to please her parents and others and escape the pressures of student life. The poem describes the line of thinking of a despaired college girl, who relentlessly feels that she is not good enough. The poem is presented by the author in the form of a suicide note written by the poor girl to her parents. Whatever effort she puts in, she can never satisfy her parents for their expectation are unreasonably high. Her parents’ words repeat in her mind – “not good enough not pretty enough not smart enough.” At that moment she genuinely wishes she were born a son, which would have equipped her better in dealing with the challenges of her life. She feels that she will never find success in school, and she is never able to please her parents. Therefore, she jumps to the conclusion that suicide is the only way she will be rid of all this torment. This also suggests that her parents were more concerned about the grades she acquires and not truly unconditional in their love for their daughter. As she stands on the ledge of her building in preparation for death, it then occurs to her how disappointed her parents would be when they come to know of her failure. That comes out as apologies for her