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The Two Fridas is an oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, painted in 1939. This large-scale work presents a double self-portrait of two versions of Frida that takes almost the entire canvas, posing seated on a wooden-bench together. One is wearing a discreet, elegant, white European-style Victorian dress while the other one is wearing a colorful, traditional Mexican dress- both representing the artist’s background. The first impression that depicts this art of work is the duality of a…

Compare the presentation of Trauma in ‘Still I rise' and ‘The story of an hour' Intro: Explanation of a ‘Story of an hour' Explanation of ‘Still I rise' Talk about trauma Definition and types Para 1: P - Oxymoron and inner trauma links E - "Monstrous joy" This shows that she is in inner trauma within herself she doesn't know what to feel is she happy that she is free or does she feel bad about being happy that her husbands dead or is she upset that her husband's dead. P - Alliteration,…

have to face death at some point in their life. Depending on the individual and the person who has perished, the reaction can be different for anyone. Typically, the death of a loved one will bring grief and sadness. In Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour, the main character,Louis. Mallard, is faced with the death of her husband, Brently Mallard. However, Mrs. Mallard’s reaction is strange because instead of feeling sadness and grief towards the death of her husband, she feels the opposite and…

an Hour by Kate Chopin are both very ironic stories, they have two different types of irony. The main theme of The Machine That Won the War is a machine, called the Multivac. Yet it is found out the machine really did not win or even help out in the war, ironically contradicting the title. The results were just being doctored by John Henderson, the main character, and his superior, Jablonsky, to make it seem the machine actually won the war. The main theme or character of The Story of an Hour is…

Summarise the story – what exactly happens in this hour? Louise has heart problems. The news of her husband’s death make her feel like a captive. Alone in her room she feels liberated. She looks forwards to freedom and she feels it coming. While going downstairs the door opens and Mr. Mallard comes in, having no idea about the train accident, in which he ‘was killed’. 2) Choose one interesting sentence/part of the story and explain why it intrigued you. “She was beginning to recognize this…

The famous author, Charles Dickens, had an unusual character style compared to other authors in that time. One of his strangest and most complex characters was Mrs. Havisham in the novel Great Expectations. The author, Dickens, created Mrs. Havisham who was an old heart broken woman who insists on wearing her wedding dress the rest of her life, locked up in a world full of obsession. Mrs. Havisham’s heart was broken on the day of her wedding when her fiance didn’t show up and left her.…

in her stories. The title shows the importance of this part of her story, which is the only part of their lives that is worth telling. Though many devices are used in Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour,” three become more apparent in her development of her short story. The devices used in the “Story of an Hour” are the symbol of Louies’ heart trouble which is both emotional and physical, theme of freedom from oppression, and her use of irony through death. For instance, Chopin makes it known right…

Literary Techniques In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman the use of symbolism is used to tell the story. In both stories, the readers can infer that these stories where written back when had no rights in the 1800s. Louise mallard is the protagonist of the short story. Louise's interment to her room following the news of Brently's death is a representation for the course of her life so far. “Story of an Hour,” symbolism can be read throughout…

In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin uses many forms of irony. When using irony, Chopin adds another dimension to the story. These types of irony include, situational, dramatic, and verbal irony. Situational irony is used at the very end of the story. This is after Mr. Mallard “died”, Mrs. Mallard died and Mr. Mallard did not. This was ironic because it was not expected. Another instance of situational irony is when Mr. Mallard “dies”, Mrs. Mallard cries because she is “happy”. This is…

The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck is a short novel about a boy named Alexander Armsworth who lives in Bluff City, Louisiana in 1913. Alexander is a normal 13-year-old boy, living a normal life, until one day he is informed by one of his classmates that her mother can see ghosts and has “seen” one in Alexander’s family shed. This turns out to be the ghost of a young girl (Inez Dumaine) and her dog Trixie. Alexander becomes a local hero after Inez warns him of an accident about to happen,…