Hour” by Kate Chopin demonstrates the internal struggle of Louise Mallard as she is confronted by the loss of her husband. Confused by her feelings, Louise Mallard realizes the forbidden joy of independence that arises in her after the initial shock of losing her husband passes. Louise Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s death was a “storm of grief”, sweeping her away with “sudden, wild abandonment.” This reaction demonstrates Mallard’s unstable emotional state. Though she is clearly a sensitive
Mrs. Louise Mallard imagines a life without her husband, a very happy and free life, until she gets the news that her husband is very much alive. In the reading “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard is seemed to be happily married to her husband Mr. Brently Mallard. Until she received the devastating news that he was involved in a tragic railroad accident. She mourned his death and went up to her room, where she draws an illusion of what life would be without her husband. Sometimes
“She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.” (Chopin) This means that Louise did not react the same way other women would have in this situation. Even though she reacts differently than they women normally would, she starts to think of a life without her husband. Although she is very confused about her feelings, she starts
The lives of women in the antebellum society of late nineteenth century America were characterized by oppression and shaded by an aura of death. According to Barbara Welter in her essay “The Cult of True Womanhood,” the way in which a woman “judged herself and was judged by her husband, her neighbors, and society, could be divided into four cardinal virtues—piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity.” Defiance of these virtues would result in societal ostracization, being deemed “unsexed.” Amidst
theme. In the story the protagonist, Louise Mallard's, role in life was to live in the shadow of her husband, where she was only able to cook, clean, and keep quiet. This role shifts for her when she catches news of her husband’s tragic passing. All her dreams of life outside the shadows and her hope for freedom from constant oppression from not only her husband, but the society that forced her into this role, were finally becoming reality to her. However, what Louise was yet to find is that
Every author has a unique sense of writing style. Kate Chopin chooses to utilize her life events and experiences into her works. Her outlook on society during her time was successfully portrayed through her writings, and this is what differentiates her from other writers that were present during the late 1890s. Through her works, we can easily identify the repeated themes and motifs. A very prominent theme Chopin likes to emphasize is the theme of feminism. Women in the 1800s were commonly mistreated
Katie Nguyen Mr. Rogers English II September 22, 2014 Uses of Irony in “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman who has a heart condition. She then hears and believes that her husband has just dies in a train wreck. She starts to imagine a new life for herself where she is free. All of her imagination comes to halt when she sees her husband at the door and dies. Chopin describes this short story with three types irony, situational, verbal, and dramatic