Hour

In this report, two stories will be compared. These two stories are the Story of an hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In both of these stories, men are the dominant character and do not give much power or control whatsoever to the women. Both of these stories were written by women in a time period where these types of writing were entirely unheard of. The Story of an Hour is a short story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is unhappily married and is…

In her short story, The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin makes it ambiguous as to how Louise Mallard truly feels in regards to the news of her husband’s passing. Chopin’s use of progressively positive language leads many to believe that Louise Mallard is actually delighted to hear that she is now a widow, rather than being anguished like any person would after the death of a loved one. As Louise Mallard comes to terms with her husband’s alleged death, she repetitively “whispers under her breath”…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” the female characters’ deaths are not always an awful ending to a life that was already suffering. In “The Birthmark,” Georgiana reaches a time in her life where her husband has taken control of her mentally and physically; she didn’t realize that her death would be the best thing for her. Chopin explains in her short story “The Story of an Hour” that death would come to an unexpected person but for good reasons. An…

Kate Chopin uses characterization to help guide the readers through understanding the changes occurring throughout, “The Story of an Hour”. It is through her use of round/dynamic and flat/static characters we as readers are able to relate to what Ms. Mallard is going through without having to have experienced this situation ourselves. In this story we meet a young woman, Ms. Mallard, her sister, Josephine, her brothers close friend, Richard, and her husband, Brently Mallard. In the very…

The female protagonist in “The Story of an Hour” and “A Rose for Emily” share a struggle of being their own person. During this time, women face limitations in a society that hold them back. Louise Mallard and Emily Grierson share similarities of being under the control of men, the time period, and the idea of repression. First of all, in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Louise Mallard is a woman who longs to get away from her marriage. In the beginning, Louise finds out that her husband…

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin revolves around a woman, Louise Mallard as the main character to develop the theme independence. The title of the story demonstrates how many things can happen within a single hour. Normally death is accompanied by grief and sorrow. On the other hand, this story is proof that death can certainly bring joy and independence. In this short story, Chopin writes about a woman who finds unexpected independence, no matter how transient. The story starts off by…

While reading “Story of an Hour” I noticed that "Story of an Hour" was the measure of incongruity Kate Chopin utilized all through the story. This gave me a blended response to her work. At first I didn't comprehend her utilization of incongruity and felt that it made the story less serious than I suspected it ought to be, considering the occasions. The primary incongruity that I went through and stood out to me, was how Louise responded when being informed of her spouse’s death. Be that as it…

Have you ever felt so happy about something, that when you found out it wasn’t true, you felt like dying? Well, that’s what happened to Mrs. Mallard in “The Story of an Hour”. Mrs. Mallard’s sister came home to tell her that her husband had died. It was an arranged marriage, so she wasn’t really too upset about it. At first she felt pretty bad, but then she realized that she was free. He had been controlling her ever since they got married. She started getting really excited, but when she came…

In the short story by author Kate Chopin, “the Story of an Hour”, the main character shows her true feelings about her marriage after a false report about her husband’s death. Many readers of the audience point that Mrs. Mallard died from the joy of her husband’s arrival but an important aspect that is often overlooked is the ironic juxtaposition set up by the author to truly show her feelings. Mrs. Mallard was not in shock of joy but she was in shock of utter disappointment that ultimately…

Romanticism literature and Victorianism literature are very different from each other, however, both resemble reactions to cultural changes. In "The Story of an Hour" the period coincided with the Victorianism Movement, yet was distinct keeping a fine mixture of elements with the principles of Romanticist, Victorianism, and literary realism. The short story makes it uncertain to determine one over the other. The Romanticism elements are characterized in the story by the emphasis on the…