Comparing Trifles, Story Of An Hour And My Wicked Ways

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Women are some of earth’s most unique and underrated creatures. They are not weak, they are not emotional, and they are not the negative stereotypes that the world describes them as.“Trifles,” “Story of an Hour,” and “My Wicked Wicked Ways,” presents us with three women who are strong, mentally and emotionally. These three women: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Mallard, and the speaker’s mother stories all relate in a way. The three ladies all relate in the way of being emotionally and physically tied to someone they either loved or not, who does not make them happy. The how and why they pushed through the emotional and mental exhaustion of living unhappy assisted in the development of the characterization. The characterization of each work was presented different ways. These ways included the conversation and actions of other characters and through the speaker. In the end, all three women characterizations were expressed in a clear way. “Trifles” the play, has a brilliant way of developing the character Mrs. Minnie Wright. …show more content…
Mallard character is developed through the different emotions and actions of learning of her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard was a fragile person and her fragility can be described in the quote, “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.” It literally describes that Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition, but how they have to break the news down to her shows the severity of her heart condition. It can also be assumed that Mrs. Mallard was unsatisfied in her marriage by actions. Here is an example, “And yet she had loved him—sometimes. Often she had not!” says Mrs. Mallard. The speaker could have stopped at “sometimes,” but instead she persisted with letting the audience know that Mrs. Mallard did not love her husband that often. Kate Chopin, the speaker, did a superb job on the characterization of Mrs.

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