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In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Louise Ballard moves from hearing word of her husband Brently’s alleged death, to her own premature death. A literal and symbolic demise of a woman with a troubled heart, over a brief sixty minutes. Amid both incidents, Louise contemplates and embraces the rewarding opportunities of a husband-free life. It’s not the usual grief-stricken reaction a reader would anticipate a new widow to exhibit, especially in a short story set in a conventional…

Descriptions of the food from Emma’s perspective represent her upper-class taste, showing how she feels she is a superior who wound up in the wrong place: “The red claws of lobsters overshot the dishes; fat fruits in openwork baskets climbed in tiers from a moss bed; the quails had kept their feathers, vapours rose…” (45). The use of personification in “fat fruits climbed in tiers” and “quails had kept their feathers” brings the food to life and emphasizes how extravagant they are in Emma’s…

The Last Resort The Awakening by Kate Chopin was at one time considered to be scandalous by many critics in 1899. Chopin uses the character Edna Pontellier to express ideas, that, at that time, were completely oblivious to American society. Edna, an archetypal woman in society, being that she was married with two children, vacationed at a place named Grand Isle during which she began her awakening period with a man named Robert. Over the course of the book, Edna continued to meet influential…

What is the title of the text and what is the text about? The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin relates about a woman suffering from a heart condition, whose husband just died. Some relatives try to tell her the news in a careful way, to make sure her heart wouldn't give up on her. At first, she cries inconsolably, but then she retires to her room and locks herself in. Although she is aware that her husband loved her very much, and she knows that she will certainly cry for him at his funeral,…

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl is a short story about a pregnant wife named Mary Maloney finding out that her husband Patrick Maloney was leaving her. It was an unexpected news that Mary didn’t understand, her feelings towards the news of her husband leaving, made her thoughts shift. Mary had panicked and a lot was going through her head. While Patrick was turned around trying to furthermore explain why he’s was leaving Mary took a frozen lamb leg and hit Patrick in the back of the head,…

The Awakening by Kate Chopin takes place in the late nineteenth century and revolves around a woman named Edna Pontellier who cannot conform to the society in which she lives in. Throughout the novel, Edna slowly breaks free of the reigns in which society holds her to by rebelling against the ideas and morals of motherhood and femininity and chooses love and solitude instead. Early on in the novel, however, Chopin alludes to the existence of Edna's dual life through the following quote, "At a…

The main characters in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and “The Story of an hour” by Kate Chopin are both 19th century women that are unhappy with their husbands and lives. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” a woman is trapped in her bedroom by her cruel husband, and eventually goes crazy due to this and begins to see a woman in the wallpaper. The woman in “Story of an hour” felt trapped by the mundanity of life, and felt free when she discovered her husband had died, but when he…

“The Tone of Time” and “A Rose for Emily” both are stories that having female as a leading role. Mary J. Tredick in “The Tone of Time” and Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily”, ladies who are similar but opposite, males had once taken an essential position in their lives. When the males left, both the ladies’ lives are affected. With the influence of males, are Mary and Emily eccentric characters victimized by men? In this essay, I will argue it by discussing their characteristic with the…

A Woman’s Story in the 1800s Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour may seem like a simple short story at first glance, but it is far from it. The author describes Mrs. Mallard’s ordeal by expressing her thoughts and emotions in great detail, allowing the reader to fully understand what she is going through. In addition, Chopin’s story contains elements from longing for self-rule to being caught up in dreams, as well as accepting life for what it is and who is in it. Denial is a big part of grief…

Birth of Kate Chopin’s Works People often wonder what influences writers to write. Some may assume that writers are influenced by personal experiences. While others may think personal beliefs, or fighting for something they sincerely believe in. They also could be inspired by historical or societal moments. To clarify, Kate Chopin, was born into a Creole-Irish family that was entertained by a high place in society. Chopin was raised against the usual nineteenth century…