Mallard

After reading multitudinous feminist stories, it is quite obvious that the women during this time period were being treated as inferior by their husbands. The husbands portrayed in these stories are demeaning their wives in ways such as treating them as children, controlling them, and much more. After diving deeper we realize that all of these stories are more alike than we think. If we look deeper than the surface, we can see that the conditions these women encountered allegedly pushed them all…

In the beginning of time there was nothing anywhere. No trees, water, or life. Except Maheo, who lived in the abandoned-like universe. Maheo was a very powerful being who could do just about anything. Maheo decided he should put his tremendous capabilities to use. Maheo asked himself “what good is power if it is not used to make a world for people to live in?” First, Maheo created a monumental and salty lake. He then decided there needed to be fish and other wildlife such as cranes, loons…

“She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.” After learning of her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard immediately accepts it as fact and breaks down into a heap of grief. She acts on what she thinks is right, rather than what she actually feels, and yet, it begs the question; is the death of a spouse always a tragedy, or does it hold the potential to be a relief to the widow? Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” conveys the theme…

Kate Chopin’s story, “The Story of an Hour” shows the emotional roller coaster of a grieve stricken women, ‘Mrs. Louise Mallard’ after learning the death of her significant other. The language used throughout the story is very good at conveying the emotions and feelings. Chopin uses such great detail and imagery to express Mrs. Mallard’s process of grieving. Louise is the obvious character of interest; through her character we can see the social repression that possibly all women felt at the…

Imagine the nice cool view out of the window of flowers blooming and a light dash of rain, as if you were Mrs. Mallard. The sad but joyful tears coming from her eyes , because of the news she has just received; her husband has just been in an accident and was killed, or was said to be. As her sister came and got her from upstairs, going downstairs her husband walks in the house. Booom she had died of joy, or so they say. Situational irony is the key of most stories. It is when the story comes…

Even marriages that seem so wonderful on the outside can embody oppressive tendencies. “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin presents the reader with a woman, Louise Mallard, who is clearly overjoyed that her husband has died. Mrs. Mallard is a young woman with severe heart trouble who is subtlety informed by her sister and her husband’s friend that her husband was involved in a train accident and has passed away. Louise is initially inconsolable, “[weeping]…

This two pieces gives me some ideas about life and death, which helps me have a deeply reflection on it. In “The Story of an Hour”, the main character Mrs. Mallard delivers me a new perspective on how we see on life and death. Usually people will be depressed towards people being dead and be gleeful towards some life is born. However, Mrs. Mallard is glad that her husband was dead in a train accident. She visualizes on her new life since her husband is no longer…

think of marriage? In modern times, I think in marriage you and your partner should contribute financially and emotionally. In Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”, it expresses how marriage is thought to be a happy feeling. But the character Louise Mallard is no longer happy. She feels she has lost her sense of identity because she is a wife. Her husband will not allow her to work outside of their home. He thinks she should just be a house wife. However, Louise feels she should have something that…

introducing contrasting traits to prove that all women during this era although individualists, showed characteristics similar to one another. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is known as one of the most revolutionary books in American History. Mrs. Mallard was taken into great care at all given time due to her heart…

everything. Louise Mallard is the woman of this short story in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. Sadly, shortly after obtaining her true joy of freedom, Louise suddenly loses her newfound freedom upon her husband, Brently, entering the house. She dies from heart disease which is, “the joy that kills” (Chopin). In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, a reoccurring theme that the author conveys throughout the short story is the desire to be free. Mrs. Louise Mallard is a…