Comparing Story Of An Hour And The Road

Nowadays, freedom is a fundamental right for each man and woman, but it is not a perfect concept. When one’s freedom is endangered, he can do unimaginable things, especially when love is at stake or can react weirdly when he acquires it. It’s exactly what Kate Chopin, a female American author during the 19th century, did when she treated about women’s conditions in the short-story Story of an Hour in 1894, where a woman falsely learns about his husband’s death. Almost 60 years later, Roald Dahl wrote Lamb To The Slaughter, set in Great Britain, where a woman kills her husband and hide the evidences cleverly. These two short stories are not only comparative on the two female protagonists and the imagery used, but also on the main themes

. . took on, over time, the nature of one more hillock in the dramatic rise and fall of the coastal landscape.” (141) Expressed in this statement is the idea that although the Larkins experienced a tragedy that held the town‘s interest for a period, adversity is a natural part of the unpredictability and ups and downs of life. In other words; tragedy and adversity are part of the landscape of life.

The time period of “The Story of an Hour” takes place in the 1800s, a time where women were dependent on men who were the majority who held jobs and made the money while women stayed at home to clean, take care of children, cooked, and other related housing duties. After slight grieving of finding out her husband has passed and going into a room by herself, the setting and mood of the story change subtly and creates a sort of at peace, free feeling. Mrs. Mallard notices “the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new

A) I believe that the phrases “the dry September of the dirt roads,” “grassless yards of the shanty-town,” and “a brilliant splash of sunny yellow against the dust” contribute to the atmosphere by revealing specific details of the setting. When the author uses the phrases “the dry September of the dirt roads,” and “sunny yellow against the dust,” it portrays the setting as dry and dusty. This is further supported by the phrase “grassless yards,” which allows the reader to picture the landscape as bare, dry ground. The term “shanty-town” means an area consisting of a large amount of roughly made houses.

The allusions in A Doll’s House, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and “Siren Song” enhance the feminist themes in each story as they provide the reader insight into the societal expectations placed upon women. Foremostly, the Tarantella seen in Doll’s House represents female hysteria as Nora expresses her stress and anxieties through its wild choreography. The dance acts as a foil to the allusion to Weir Mitchell and the rest cure seen in “The Yellow Wallpaper” as the cure for female hysteria is debated between a passive cure versus an active cure. The rest cure is prescribed to the main character in order to remedy her hysteria, however, it proves unsuccessful as she ultimately loses her sanity and rebels against her meek and fragile reputation as

“Covers The Ground,” begins with establishing the setting of the Central Valley. Understanding the natural beauty of the area is best conveyed by the vivid imagery and Snyder accomplishes this by describing the “blossoming almond orchard acres” (Snyder 30). However, this image of nature does not last in the reader’s head for long due to the fact Gary Snyder

The Story of an Hour takes place in the beginning of spring, and that plays a very important role in symbolizing the renewal of life. When one thinks about Spring they imagine flowers blooming, leaves reappearing, and the animals coming out of their dens. Spring is when all the flowers, plants, and trees come back to life after staying dead in the cold and harsh winter. The winter symbolizes Mrs. Mallards life before her husband “died”. It was very cold and dull no flowers to bring out the color and joy in life. Then, when she heard the news winter was finally over and her Spring was finally starting. She began to feel like she was coming back to life. She felt as if there was an explosion of joy that had suddenly come into her

One might sympathize with Mrs. Mallard when they consider the times her character would have lived in. “The Story of an Hour” was

1. Describe your experience in reading “The Story of an Hour.” Did the story surprise you, annoy you, entertain you? Why? Did it hold your interest? Why or why not? In reading “The Story of an Hour” for the first time in high school, it was very confusing for me. It was not until I read the story in the literature textbook in this class that the story was made very clear to me because the text has many side comments that explains the story in a more modern English. This time reading the story, I was very interested in knowing of the thoughts that Mrs. Mallard had in her mind. Her point of view was much clearer and I was able to make connections to the rest of the story because of this clarity. It was very intriguing to me because it held me in suspense throughout the story, which is always interesting in reading literary work.

In “The Story of an Hour” we are taken through a journey. The journey is the thoughts and emotions going through Mrs. Mallards (Louise) mind. The journey only takes an hour, so everything moves at a fast pace. Louise seemed to process the news of her husband’s death without an initial element of disbelief and shock. She goes right into the reaction of grieving for her husband. She quickly begins to feel other emotions. At first she does not understand them. The journey is a way that Louise comes to her final thoughts of freedom. She looks into the future and looks forward to living a long life on her own terms.

“The Story of an Hour” is a story about a woman, Mrs. Mallard, who comes to find that her beloved husband Brently Mallard was killed in a railroad incident. She mourns of his death in a different way than most would and tries to find a way to get over it. There is a drastic twist to the story when through the front door walks Brently Mallard who had actually not died. Then Mrs. Mallard drops to the floor dead, “of joy that kills”. (The Story of an Hour)

Although The Story of an Hour is a literary fiction based on an inner conflict of the emotions of a protagonist, it holds a sense of a commercial fiction with a “what happens next “feel to it. It is a story of the last hour of Mrs. Louise Mallard and her many emotions concerning loss, gain, and the freedom she so joyously awaited.

The Story of an Hour written about an elderly woman named Mrs. Mallard whose husband of many years suddenly passes away. After being told of his death, she bursts out in tears as to be expected, but not tears of sadness and despair but tears of happiness. She had been trapped in a marriage for far too long and was miserable. With no voice, no freedom and no rights. After Mrs. Mallard excused herself to the privacy of her bedroom the reader realizes her tears were not tears of despair but tears of happiness. Mrs. Mallard had finally been set free, as she whispered to herself over and over “free, free,

The time period, season, location, and surroundings of a character reveal a great deal about them. Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour" is an excellent example of how setting affects the reader's perception of the story. There is an enormous amount of symbolism expressed through the element of setting in this short story. So well, in fact, that words are hardly necessary to descriptively tell the story of Mrs. Mallard's hour of freedom. Analyzing the setting for "The Story of An Hour" will give a more complete understanding of the story itself. There are many individual parts that, when explained and pieced together, will both justify Mrs. Mallard's attitude and actions toward her husband's death and provide a visual expression of her

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin describes an hour in the life of an oppressed woman bound by marriage in the nineteenth century. It is only when Mrs. Mallard’s husband dies in a sudden railroad accident that she realizes she is no longer tied together by the ropes of man. At first she is shocked and horrified by the tragedy, for she did say “she had loved him – sometimes” (Chopin). However, once the tears were wept, a new bountiful life of freedom was now in the eyes of Mrs. Mallard. Chopin uses imagery, third person omniscient point of view, and concepts of relief and joy in “The Story of an Hour” to convey the true feelings of Mrs. Mallard as she is freed from the strenuous and unjust oppression of women due to society’s expectation of gender roles.