“The Story of an Hour," written by Kate Chopin in 1894, is one of the most popular short stories in literature. “The Story of an Hour” is related to woman’s role in society back in the late 19th century, and the story shows relationship of a wife and husband’s, and freedom for the woman. The main character in the story is named Mrs. Louise Mallard, who seems unhappy with her married life and with her husband Brently, and she has some health issues. Mrs. Mallard health issue leads to death of herself, when she finds out that Brently has survived from the train tragedy. This leads to success of the story with an unexpected ending. The surprise ending of “The Story of an Hour" written by Kate Chopin is successful due to her use of symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony.
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This is seen particularly in the first sentence of the story, where Chopin claims, “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (179). Kate Chopin use of foreshowing to start the story, which gives us reader the clue about Mrs. Mallard’s medical condition. This eventually leads to the surprise ending of Kate Chopin story. Therefore, the news about her husband’s death anticipates, that Mrs. Mallard did not react as a wife would react to her husband’s death. Which shows sign of freedom for her later in the story, when Mrs. Mallard says, “there would be no one to live for her in the upcoming years; no power of anyone will hold back her” (Chopin 180). She knew something in her mind that her time to live with freedom was approaching and she welcomed it with open arms and full of joy. She had no fear of dying, for whom would she live for, the husband who has the control of her had no freedom over herself. Over all, showing the health disorder of the main character vie foreshowing gives a clue of something unexpected is coming up in the
This is seen particularly in the first sentence of the story, where Chopin claims, “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (179). Kate Chopin use of foreshowing to start the story, which gives us reader the clue about Mrs. Mallard’s medical condition. This eventually leads to the surprise ending of Kate Chopin story. Therefore, the news about her husband’s death anticipates, that Mrs. Mallard did not react as a wife would react to her husband’s death. Which shows sign of freedom for her later in the story, when Mrs. Mallard says, “there would be no one to live for her in the upcoming years; no power of anyone will hold back her” (Chopin 180). She knew something in her mind that her time to live with freedom was approaching and she welcomed it with open arms and full of joy. She had no fear of dying, for whom would she live for, the husband who has the control of her had no freedom over herself. Over all, showing the health disorder of the main character vie foreshowing gives a clue of something unexpected is coming up in the