Facing the Death of a Beloved Person

Poe is suggesting that the impact of losing a loved one can be something that you will never forgot. For example in his poem “Annabel lee” he says “ for the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful annabel lee”. This quote can show how he states you can never forgot a loved one because he is reminded of her by just the moonlight alone showing that other things remind him of her telling us that he will never forgot about her. This can also be an example for the general audience of this poem because it can tell the audience how hard it is to forgot about a loved one because you are reminded of them daily by the smallest things. Another example of Edgar Allen Poe showing us that you can never forget a loved one is this quote

Chopin's use of language effectively conveys the intensity of the emotions that overcome Louise. Repetition of the word "free" reveals the exaltation Louise experiences in being released from possession by her husband's will. The diction aptly portrays the significance, emotionally and physically, of Louise's transformation. Tumultuously, Louise's bosom, the seat of passion, rose and fell as the "monstrous joy" possessed her. As the elixir of life "courses" through her once weak heart, Louise's "pulses beat fast." When Louise's fancy runs "riot along those days ahead of her", the reader feels the excitement Louise feels. Through the image of Louise as a winged "goddess of Victory", her inner strength from triumph over repression becomes palpable. That strength is reaffirmed in Chopin's use of words that connote potency. Louise has a "clear and exalted perception" of herself.

Each individual has a unique way of coping with death, and this is evident throughout Christina Rossetti’s, “Remember” and W. H. Auden’s “Stop all of the Clocks”.

“When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: ‘free, free, free!’” Mrs. Mallard had an epiphany on her outlook on life. The freedom that she always wanted and the freedom that she had when she was married were at two different ends of the spectrum. Louise continues to have this revelation of freedom and persists on telling herself of this new found liberty, “’Free! Body and soul free!’ she kept whispering.” Chopin uses not only dialogue to resemble freedom but she uses many symbols throughout the short story that help the reader continually think of freedom and transformation. “No; she was drinking the very elixir of life through that open window.” The open window represents Louise’s soul and how with the death of her husband, a new opportunity has presented itself and she is going to take full advantage of it. She looked outside and began to understand how little of the outside world she has seen and how much she has missed. “In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and sparrows were twittering in the eaves.” The preceding quote makes the reader understand that the short story takes place in the springtime. Chopin does a very good job of encompassing yet another symbol into her work to

An intelligent woman, Louise knows that she must conform to societal expectations and act distraught at her husband’s death. This does not mean Louise is cruel; in fact Chopin writes that “she would weep again (Chopin 57)” when she saw her husband “fixed and gray and dead (Chopin 57).” She feels emotions deeply, and while she had not always loved him, she sometimes did, and knows she would mourn him later. But now, Louise mostly feels free to live her life the way she wants to. Upon the realization that her husband lives, Louise’s shock and despair is so intense, she dies of sorrow.

After hearing about her Husband’s death from her sister, Josephine and Brently Mallard’s friend Richards, she grieved and left for her room alone. While sitting in the Chair, she realizes that she is now free, free from the burden and that in the coming years she could live for herself. “She said it over and over under the breath: “free, free, free!””(Chopin 3).

As Laurell K Hamilton once said, “death is the last intimate thing we ever do”. It comes in different ways and at different times, but death comes for all of us. In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, Edna is faced with enormous heartache and desperation that she feels she has no other choice but to take her own life. This is paralleled in The Tooth and The Lottery, two short stories by Shirley Jackson. Both stories feature a character who is met with their death at unexpected moments in their lives, but in very different situations. The event of death plays a central role in these three works.

In the short story, written by Kate Chopin we are able to live through Louise Mallards’ emotions after she was given the dreadful news that her husband, Brently, had been killed in a railroad accident. She is finally beginning to feel a sense of freedom and independence, an hour has gone

How would one feel to hear the news of a significant other or loved one who has passed away due to an accident? The news is heartbreaking and rather unimaginable. “Sorry to say but your husband has died due to an accident.” No one wants to hear those words or go through the painful time. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin’s, the death of her husband meant freedom and happiness. Chopin’s uses a great deal of symbolism throughout the story in order to depict the theme of freedom and happiness.

The loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult experiences to endure in a human lifetime. The grieving process often encompasses the survivors’ entire world and affects their emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and physical selves in unexpected ways. After a major loss, such as the death of a spouse or child, up to a third of the people most directly affected will suffer detrimental effects on their physical and/or mental health (Jacobs 1993).

The short story “Story Of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin is considered as a scandalous story of political reflection and an unethical message about a woman, who is told that her husband has been in a fatal car crash. After receiving the news she walks off and stares into the window and smiles. Professor reading this would think that the window is a symbol of freedom, and once she steps out in the new world she is free as a bird. ” Scandalous” is what reporters would say in this era because a woman without a man had as much hope of making it in the world, as a dog that could did not bark around strangers. It’s possible, but it never happens.

Mrs Mallard's awkward attitude after learning of her husband's death establishes an irony- somebody who is really happy in marriage will not enjoy nature in peace and have mixed emotions; the person will feel genuine grief upon hearing of the death of her husband. Here, Mrs Mallard's reaction portrays the extent to which her thirst for freedom was strong. Kate Chopin allows us to visualise the moment that Mrs Mallard is able to shed the bondage of marriage: "free, free, free!." She feels liberated through her husband's death. Much emphasis is laid on her joy upon finding freedom- "there would be no one to live for." The author also points out that "she knew that she would weep again.....folded in death." This only highlights the fact that it is not an expression of love but seems more like a duty that

When Richards, a friend of Brently Mallard, informs Louise of her spouses passing, she runs upstairs, locks herself in her room, breaks down, and cries as you would expect. However, just after, she becomes elated, whispering under her breath: ”free, free, free!” (Chopin, 1). A few paragraphs later, your conclusion that the husband must’ve been abusive is shattered when Chopin writes: “She knew she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and grey and dead.” (Chopin, 1).

Chopin includes that Mrs. Mallard tried to fight off these ideas with her will (Booth 307). Her embraced feelings of independence could have been viewed as forbidden. Although she is excited by these thoughts, she tries to resist the pleasure she truly feels when she realizes the freedom that she has gained. The words “free, free, free!” escaped from her mouth (Booth307). She attempted to hold back the overwhelming desires for her own life. Perhaps she is hesitant to welcome these feelings because of the public view on women’s rights, and the potential consequences for those who opposed such views. Despite the faithfulness and love Mrs. Mallard showed for her husband, the extreme relief she felt in no longer having a marital obligation overpowered her feelings of sadness and loss.

Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour is what some people would call unrealistic. When this story is read people may ask questions such as, “ how could she be happy her husband is dead,” and “if she was not in love, then why did she marry him.” However, a majority of these people do not understand the real point of the story. The conflict is not that Mrs. Mallard did not love her husband; it is that Mrs. Mallard’s feelings oppression are relieved at the news of her husband’s death.