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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…

Storm brought his empty plate into the kitchen. He stood by the sink and watched Penny out in the patio. She was nodding her head as the plump astronomers from ANU were describing in great detail some event to Franchette. He could tell she was bored from the smiley mask she wore. She would politely chuckle at just the right time while they chatted on and on, endlessly, about friends, colleagues, and neighbours in Sydney and Canberra. He caught her eye as he walked past the open doors into the…

The Storm and the Emotions it contains A journey of past lovers going through a storm together. “The Storm” by Kate Chopin shows Calixa and Alcee going through a storm of their past feelings. Through the storm they lust after each other even though they are married and have different social classes. The storm shows their emotions going on a roller-coaster. In Chopin's short story the author uses the setting to show the emotions of the characters. When the storm begins, Bobinot and Bibi…

Kate Chopin's The Awakening enlightens readers on sexism from the feminist perspective. The literary masterpiece depicts the transformation of a once obedient submissive, traditional wife into that of a liberated woman. The Awakening is a journey of self-discovery, which constitutes the focus of the book. The heroine Edna must emerge from traditional gender roles and find independence from her stereotypical husband. She must decide to free herself from the stifling assumptions and oppressions…

Life, death, and reincarnation are the recurring theme of the most notable poem “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson. Throughout the poem Dickinson traces her descent sanity into madness which has made the poem terrifying for both the speaker and the reader. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson has express her feeling of grief and pain through the use of an extended metaphor, “felt a funeral in the brain” and in rest of the poem, she lives a life, passes away, and reborn again…

In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier gradually realizes the societal expectation for her to conform to the female stereotype and attempts to discover freedom instead. Rather than live as a “mother-woman” whose entire existence revolves around only her husband and children, she wishes to discover her own person and live as that woman. In the beginning of the book, Mr. Pontellier criticizes his wife and wakes her up so she can tend to their children in the middle of the night and otherwise fit into…

Annie Murphy Paul builds an argument to persuade her audience of the importance of deep reading. Paul talks about different people that proven her argument to show how deep reading is effective. Deep reading is as opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the web which is an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art. She has supported her argument by different people who have done studies of how important…

Throughout the late 19th century women questioned the domineering patriarchal society of the time and demanded augmented rights and freedom. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin, through Mrs. Mallard’s experience with her husband’s death, contemplates the existence and effects of societal biases towards women and the harmful attributes of marriage as an institution. In particular, Chopin employs the downstairs section at the beginning to characterize society's notion of Mrs. Mallard as feeble…

Amanda M. Baxter Professor Buchanan English 1020 October 25, 2014 How Chopin uses the Character Louise Mallard to Portray the Perplexity of her own Life In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin demonstrates the devastating effects of the oppression of women through the heart stopping story of the Louise Mallard. Louise Mallard has a seemingly pleasant life with her husband, Brently. The setting of the home along with Brently Mallards’ “gripsack” suggest they are not in poverty (Chopin 308). The…

Kate Chopin’s story The Awakening tells the story of a lady named Edna who has infidelity issues. Edna struggles within a love triangle between her husband, Robert, and Alcee. Edna’s heart longs for Robert, but that relationship ends. The story concludes with Edna swimming out into the ocean without returning. There are several different critical receptions relating to The Awakening. Two of my sources are related and argues that The Awakening wasn’t created for children. The other source…