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    Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin in 1894. The story is about a short time in Louise Mallard’s life. Louise’s sister, Josephine, was to give her news about her husband, to which she did through broken shaken sentences. It was Josephine’s hopes to tell Louise as gently as possible as she feared the devastating news would be troubling to Louise’s weak heart. Louise Mallard is informed of her husband, Brently Mallard, being killed in a railroad disaster. Richard, a friend of Brently, was…

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    In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour”, is about a woman who is confine in her own home because of the 18 centuries cultural upbringing. During 1894 era most women were raised to marry and serve their husbands. Mrs. Mallard’s character portrait’s a woman of the 18-century who wish to be free from this bondage. The theme of this short story is that happiness doesn’t last forever because Mrs. Mallard was happy for an hour and then it was all gone. “Afflicted with a heart trouble,” suggests that…

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    Free at Last Love may have the power to control many things. In the article “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin , she gives a few examples of literature of discontent. “The Story of An Hour” is an example of literature of discontent because Mrs. Mallard felt free after her husband “died”. Mrs. Mallard experiences discontent in the end of the article because she finds out that her husband had not died. Therefore, she loses the feeling of freedom and living her own life. Mrs. Mallard had…

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    Analysis of two stories 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin published in 1894. The story documents a complicated reaction of a weak heart woman after her husband’s death. And “the yellow wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman published in 1892. The story takes the form of secret journal entries written by a woman who is supposed to be recovering what her husband, a physician, calls a nervous condition. Both stories are a mainstay of feminist literary during a period where women were…

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    “The Story of an Hour” is a short dramatic story written by Kate Chopin. It is about a wife named Mrs. Mallard getting told by her sister Josephine about her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard cries frantically in her sister’s arms then goes to her room. Where she sits next to the window and has many daydreams of being free. But, Mrs. Mallard later discovers that he did not die when she sees him she has a heart attack. This essay is an analysis of “The Story of an Hour” giving a closer look at its…

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    Of the four short stories that we read I found that the story that resonated with me the most would be “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. I found it very interesting that the story all took place in an hour, mainly because it is rather action packed, with multiple deaths and plenty of details. It shocks me to think about how Mrs. Louise Mallard was planning her life without her husband without any confirmation that he had died except for the word of her husbands friend who had heard of the…

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    “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin was mainly about a young lady named Mrs. Mallard who receives bad news about her husband’s death. Her husband’s death was recognized when his name appeared on the list of those who were killed that did not survive the railroad disaster or those who were not found. When Mrs. Mallard first received the news about her husband’s death she was in a state of shock. Later in the story she began to develop positive energy which allows the readers to realize…

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    the narrator and to relate significant items within the story to the principal events. Time, theme, motif, and symbolism are examples of narratological devices that aid the development and the read of the story. In the short story "The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin employs these narratological devices as method of unraveling the deeper meaning and creating greater fascination for the occurring events of the story. The essence of time within a story can dictate how the reader perceives the…

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    also. Their attitudes can change depending on the situation and they set the tone of the story. They also reveal how the author feels about a certain subject and it is the reader’s job to identify it. In Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of An Hour” she writes of a women who finds a newfound freedom prior to her husbands supposed death. In the story Chopin uses diction, character responses, and character thoughts to express her thoughts on men and women’s marital role. Kate Chopin’s…

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    In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, a young woman named Mrs. Mallard becomes depressed when hearing about the death of husband, for a little bit. After thinking about the death of her husband, she starts to feel joy. She realizes that she is now a free woman and can do the things that she has always wanted to do without him. She thinks about her new life and future and is carefree. After joyfully thinking about her future, she goes down stairs to find out her husband is alive. Mrs. Mallard…

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