Mixed Emotions
The Story of an Hour is a short story written by Kate Chopin that illustrates the unusual, negative, and secretive side of a marriage that is unknown to the rest of the characters in the narrative. Chopin uses many different kinds of literary devices in this short story in order to portray the confinement, freedom, and hope that death brings about for Mrs. Louise Mallard, the main character. The story focuses on the way Mrs. Mallard handles and copes with the breaking news of her husband, Brently Mallard’s, recent death. It explains the way she feels and the thoughts going through her head and ends with an ironic, surprising twist.
Mrs. Louise Mallard is a young lady who lives all alone in her house while her husband is away …show more content…
Chopin uses the literary devices, irony and imagery, to depict spring and rebirth in contrast to the death of her husband, Brently. As Louise “stares out a window she faces a scene of natural beauty and vitality that seems, at first to contrast with her own bereaved suffering.” (Evans) The “patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds” represent the hopeful future that awaits Louise now that she is free from her restrictive marriage to her husband and no longer tied down. (Chopin) Outside her window, the smell of rain permeates the air and sparrows fly all around. This calm, serene scenery of spring is meant to portray the very noticeable distinction between Louise’s crying at the beginning of the novel and how she feels after her revelation. She moves past the initial sorrow of her husband’s death and welcomes her bright, hopeful future with open …show more content…
Louise cried after receiving the news that her husband had been killed. Chopin states, “a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” This use of imagery gives the reader a clear picture of a crying baby who is not happy. By depicting Louise as a child, one can gather that at this point she is young and naïve and does not realize what exactly she is crying about, often as a child does. After Louise stops crying, however, she comes to the realization that she is now an independent woman. She has grown up and no longer sobs like a child would. The image of the crying child shows the hopefulness Louise feels after she understands her
The Story of an Hour is a short story written by Kate Chopin that illustrates the unusual, negative, and secretive side of a marriage that is unknown to the rest of the characters in the narrative. Chopin uses many different kinds of literary devices in this short story in order to portray the confinement, freedom, and hope that death brings about for Mrs. Louise Mallard, the main character. The story focuses on the way Mrs. Mallard handles and copes with the breaking news of her husband, Brently Mallard’s, recent death. It explains the way she feels and the thoughts going through her head and ends with an ironic, surprising twist.
Mrs. Louise Mallard is a young lady who lives all alone in her house while her husband is away …show more content…
Chopin uses the literary devices, irony and imagery, to depict spring and rebirth in contrast to the death of her husband, Brently. As Louise “stares out a window she faces a scene of natural beauty and vitality that seems, at first to contrast with her own bereaved suffering.” (Evans) The “patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds” represent the hopeful future that awaits Louise now that she is free from her restrictive marriage to her husband and no longer tied down. (Chopin) Outside her window, the smell of rain permeates the air and sparrows fly all around. This calm, serene scenery of spring is meant to portray the very noticeable distinction between Louise’s crying at the beginning of the novel and how she feels after her revelation. She moves past the initial sorrow of her husband’s death and welcomes her bright, hopeful future with open …show more content…
Louise cried after receiving the news that her husband had been killed. Chopin states, “a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” This use of imagery gives the reader a clear picture of a crying baby who is not happy. By depicting Louise as a child, one can gather that at this point she is young and naïve and does not realize what exactly she is crying about, often as a child does. After Louise stops crying, however, she comes to the realization that she is now an independent woman. She has grown up and no longer sobs like a child would. The image of the crying child shows the hopefulness Louise feels after she understands her