How Does Chopin use pathetic fallacy in “The Story of An Hour”
In “The Story of An Hour,” Kate Chopin uses pathetic fallacy to describe the emotions of characters. Mrs.Mallard had just learned of her husband’s death and was in her room alone thinking. She is looking out the window of her room and hears “The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.” Mrs.Mallard is going over the countless possibilities of what comes next in her life, like the countless sparrows. The sparrows are twittering with excitement like the feeling Mrs.Mallard has. Kate Chopin uses the countless and twittering sparrows to show the emotions of Mrs.Mallard and her new exciting possibilities.
In “The Story of An Hour,” Kate Chopin uses pathetic fallacy to describe the emotions of characters. Mrs.Mallard had just learned of her husband’s death and was in her room alone thinking. She is looking out the window of her room and hears “The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.” Mrs.Mallard is going over the countless possibilities of what comes next in her life, like the countless sparrows. The sparrows are twittering with excitement like the feeling Mrs.Mallard has. Kate Chopin uses the countless and twittering sparrows to show the emotions of Mrs.Mallard and her new exciting possibilities.