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feel accepted in the world drives human beings to conform to what seems acceptable ultimately jeopardizing their true self. Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”, and Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing”, both depict women conforming to society’s ideals. Both women fall into the trap of following what people believe is the norm. Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” is about a young woman who feels incarcerated in her marriage and when hearing news of her husbands “death” she feels joyful. In Olsen’s “I Stand…

In “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the main character and protagonist Mrs. Mallard experiences a spiral of emotions, from shock to freedom from her role as a wife; after learning of her husband’s sudden death. This story takes place in the era when women were known as just a wife and mother. In addition, the narrator starts with assuring the reader of Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition; which makes her appear weak from the start. This story expresses on what people know about freedom and…

and Chopin represents this into some of the imagery and symbols that are portrayed in some of her works. She died in 1904 leaving her voice in her works (Wyatt). Some of her works include: The Awakening, “A Respectable Woman”, and “The Story of an Hour” (Wyatt). In the short story “Desiree’s Baby”, Kate Chopin uses characters, themes, and symbols to explore female independence in order to produce a change. The characters in “Desiree’s Baby” play a large role in displaying different scenarios…

The Ironic Ending of “The Story of an Hour.” The ending of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is ironic because the doctors do not understand the true reason for Mrs. Mallard’s death. During the time of Mrs. Mallard’s death, wives honored their husbands and were supposed to spend the rest of their lives with them. Mr. Mallard loved her husband but at times she did not. Within that one hour Mrs. Mallard wanted her husband dead so she could live freely. It is clear from the imagery of the story…

“Jane, be still; don’t struggle so, like a wild frantic bird that is rending its own plumage in its desperation. I am no bird; and no net ensures me: I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you” (Bronte 216). In the selected passage, from the analysis taken it appears that Jane is expressing how she is finally free as she always dreamed. This was around the time where Mr. Rochester did not want Jane to leave him after figuring out he was a married man. He…

death in her daily life. Towards the end, during her party, the Bradshaws bring up Septimus’s death since it just had occurred. The narrator states, “The young man had killed himself; but [Mrs. Dalloway] did not pity him; with the clock striking the hour, one,…

Mary Cassatt was an astute, versatile and acumen American printmaker and painter as implied by Broude (2000) and Saini (2013). She is widely acknowledged as a prolific and leading artist of the Impression movement together with Berthe Morisot and Marie Bracquemond. Cassatt is admired and distinguished as the greatest female painter and printmaker of her time. As an artist, Cassatt delved into paintings that depicted women involved in day-to-day activities and having intimacy with their children.…

It is midnight in the middle of December, the only sound is the sound of the snowfall wind howling outside. Darkness for miles in every direction except for a single light from a house in the middle of the forest. Not a bright light only a dim candle light, it is from the house of Peter Richman. Peter is the only creature within miles awake. He is awake because he is mourning the loss of his recently passed wife. Abby, the love of Peter's life, lost and the hand of a cold blooded killer. Abby…

their power or social status in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner because of prejudice against those below them. In “Story of an Hour” and “Hills like White Elephants” the pressure put on the women is lasting. The male role in the stories bring down on the women’s nature and rights. Even when not planned to do so, this burden or oppression can kill. “Story of an Hour” shows how Louise Mallard was in distress for having to be married to her husband, Brentley Mallard. Louise, after hearing of…

Laurie Halse Anderson had one strong theme in her book Fever 1793 ( the setting in philadelphia), and that is coping with loss because in the story mattie had many deaths, and a family member that left so she would be protected because mattie’s mom had the fever. One theme expressed in Fever 1793 is people cope with loss in different ways. On the other hand, perhaps scenes that are critical in the story are when grandfather dies and mattie is angered, broken down and was all depressed because…