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an Hour” because you only have what Mrs. Mallard feels and what she feels. That was purposely done for the text because if you knew everything about the background of Mrs. Mallard and her husband’s relationship the effect of her perceived freedom may not have the same effect. The perspective gives this idea of mysteriousness about her life and essentially leaves it up to interpretation, and as a reader you feel something was very wrong with Mrs. Mallard’s relationship because she died an hour…

In the short story “The Story of a Hour”, author Kate Chopin tells the story of a married women in the 1800’s who struggles with the reality that her husbands is deceased and now she is finally free. The story follows the narrator as she copes with the fact she is no longer her husband’s chattel. According to Historical Brief “Lives of the Women in the 1800’s”, Kelley Smith informs us that, “women’s sole purpose in life is to find a husband, reproduce and then spend the rest of their lives…

Tragedies are a part of life. They can happen to anyone. It does not matter the type of person someone is they can still go through something tragic in his or her life. Most tragedies that are experienced in life, end in a horrific death. However, some tragedies do not end in a horrific death they end in a simple, quiet death, but the effects of the death is tragic to the people surrounded by it. In both the short story “Yellow Wallpaper,” and the poem “Home Burial,” the characters were struck…

This song in particular has a chorus that reminds me of Max when he leaves his note for Hans at the bridge where they left off. It also reminds me of another part of the book where Liesel grows more independent and becomes more confident during the raids. This song again has the beat of great adventure and sadness at the same time, which fits perfectly with this part of the book. It symbolizes courage and thanks because Hans took Max under his wing when he clearly didn’t have to but he kept his…

Although similarities are found in the characters, suspense, and death in the short stories, “The Interlopers” (written by Saki), and “The Story of An Hour” (written by Kate Choplin), differences are also noticeable. The characters of “The Story of An Hour” and “The Interlopers” are alike, yet their differences are hardly avoidable. In “The Story of An Hour,” Mrs. Mallad who was afflicted with a heart trouble, had just received the devastating news of her husband's death. She reacted to it…

Rebecca I would like to explore two of the many characters that are presented in the novel Rebecca. In the story of Rebecca the author illustrates a variety of identities. Therefore, it could be taken as that one could relate to one of the identities in Rebecca. The first identity that will be looked at is the heroine. The heroine does not have a first name that is mentioned in the book. (Du Maurier, 24) She is referred to by many other names for example Mrs. de Winter, madam, and…

The eulogy of humanitarian/Princess Diana is a speech told to the world, that a great person had sadly left this world too early. Lord Spencer, Diana’s brother, addresses the world the news about the mournful loss of his sister. Spencer uses rhetorical strategies such as pathos, diction, and syntax to tell the world how big a loss Diana is not only for her family, but also for the whole world. Spencer connects to people’s emotions throughout the eulogy. He tells of the time that Diana once…

The short story talk about a woman lying dead without any pain in her bed. Beside the dead lady was her parent and her son and her daughter crying. They never knew their father only knowing he had made their mother unhappy. They went through her letters many from their father. Then they found something shocking that their mother had done. She was going out with some guy named Henry. At the end no one could look at the mother in the same way again. The plot is not predictable because the speak…

In 431 B.C. Euripides introduces the play Medea. The play features a nurse who uses the exposition to foreshadow the current situation of Medea, sorceress and princess. Following her husband’s, Jason’s, remarriage to the daughter of Creon she feels rejected and abandoned, and Medea curses his name out of bitterness and grieves interminably. The nurse narrates all the events that led up to Medea’s existing predicament. She begins as an anxious and weak woman, but after being betrayed by Jason,…

Ilsa Herman becomes a very important person in Liesel's life. Through the majority of the novel she remains a figure shrouded in mystery, with her fondness for Nazi bathrobes and matching slippers. It is not until much later we learn that she is actually so shattered by the loss of her son in World War I that she can barely even function as a person. However, Liesel's provocative behavior helps coax Ilsa from her suffering. The girl gives Ilsa a reason to reach out to another human. When Ilsa…