Story Of An Hour Mood Analysis

The Story of an Hour was written in 1884 by Chopin. The Lottery was written in 1957 by Jackson. Both are short stories and were written in chronological order. The author uses a linear sequence of events to amplify the overall tone of suspense in The Lottery as well as the ironic result of The Story of an Hour. In The Story of an Hour, Mrs. Mallard has trouble expressing her mood while dealing with her husband’s death. At first she felt grief and that mood changed to feeling free and excited. In The Lottery, the author is trying to deceive the audience into believing that the story is going to have a positive outcome. The sequence of events is important because it builds up this positive outcome but then the audience starts to realize that something is wrong because of the black box. This leads to suspense because the audience is unsure about the outcome. Linear sequence is very important in The …show more content…
The Lottery starts out by describing how beautiful the setting is, this is an indication to how joyful the story is going to be. Jackson describes the kids gathering rocks, which suggests that the kids are just playing around, but rather there is a greater reason for this action which is shown in the ending. This scene creates a suspenseful tone because the audience does not suspect the action that happened in the story. Also Jackson uses symbolism very well when talking about the black box. The author chose to describe the box as being black, because black is used to symbolize dark and sinister ideas. The black box is a representation of the tradition of having the lottery. The black box is also a representation of death because whosevers name gets selected is the one who is chosen for death. The black box is a symbol of irony because at first it seems like a positive for having your name getting chosen, but at the end of the story, the name that gets chosen is the person who