Mallard

Kate Chopin is a renowned female American author during the late nineteenth century. She started writing stories and novels after the death of her husband and mother for consolation in the state of Louisiana, a place where she gained most of her inspiration (Jones 3). Throughout Chopin’s works, she repeatedly addresses the concerns of females over their social obligation, individual desires for freedom, and unequal relationship within marriages. By utilizing the literary elements of conflict,…

to gain freedom. That is exactly what this story is about. Mrs Mallard, the main character, expresses some sadness when she learns that her husband has just passed away, but then goes on to feel joy of her new found freedom of being alone. Within an hour of dealing with the death of her husband, Mrs Mallard’s husband, Brently, comes walking through the door alive and unhurt. The shock of her husband showing up kills the joy Mrs Mallard had, literally. Chopin highlights the human perspective of…

The story of an hour, by Kate Chopin is a good short story about a woman, Mrs. Mallard and and her husband, Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard is known to have heart problems so her sister was very careful when telling her about the death of her husband. "But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely" (Chopin 517). This information shows that Mrs. Mallard is hiding something from everybody, she acts distraught around her friends and family,…

In particular, Chopin employs the downstairs section at the beginning to characterize society's notion of Mrs. Mallard as feeble and at the end of the story to reveal the negative consequences of societal preconceptions on her. When Mrs. Mallard goes upstairs, she initially affirms the societal preconceptions of dependant and weak women, but ultimately accepts her independence…

the final portion of the relationship between Mrs. Louise Mallard and her husband, Brently Mallard. The story opens with Mr. Mallard away while, the sick, Mrs. Mallard is home being with her sister Josephine and Mr. Mallard’s friend, Richards. When it is discovered by Richards and Josephine that Mr. Mallard has been killed in a train accident, they make it important to break the news to Mrs. Mallard gently. The response from Mrs. Mallard is typical; She cries. After retiring to her room and…

an Hour include Josephine, Mr. Mallard, Mrs. Mallard, and Richard. Richard is a great friend to Mr. Ballard, and therefore, after receiving the news of Mr. Ballard’s death due to the accident, he resolves to console his friend’s family. In this case, he is considered as a responsible friend; he’s also extra careful since he had to confirm his friend’s death via telegram. However, given that Mrs. Mallard has a heart problem, Josphine, who is the sister to Mrs. Mallard, is viewed as the perfect…

than words and they serve as amazingly useful tools to create pictures that explain a lot. After Mrs. Mallard learns about her husband’s death and while she is sitting in her room “she could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life” (1). The author wants to create in the minds of the audience the image of a new life as Mrs. Mallard is somehow dreaming about. Mrs.…

Mrs. Mallard was a woman of her own. She wanted to live her own life and do her own thing all the time. She was a feminist in her own way. Mrs. Mallard loved her husband, but only sometimes. She loved herself and loved the idea of that. When she found out about her husband’s death she rejoiced and was happy; it was because she thought of her own freedom. She was all about her long life to herself without anyone to live for. In this short story, Mrs. Mallard is an egotistic feminist that…

with $1,000 in 1774 is like having more than $30,000. In The Story of an Hour, the Marxist Lens is portrayed throughout the text through the rich Mallard family, constantly showing that they have a lot of money and power to their name, placing them high in society.…

important component of literature to garner awareness; their characters. The characters, the Narrator from “I Stand Here Ironing” and Mrs. Mallard from “The Story of an Hour”, each face different types of dilemmas that readers can…