Kate Chopin 's An Hour

In the past many decades the definition of what a marriage means changed dramatically in some areas. For the author of both stories, Kate Chopin, she wanted the reader to get something out of the story. She likes to explore all types of themes in her stories such as, racism, the roles of women, and adultery. With these themes and messages she struggled to have most of her stories published. In many of her stories she passed along these messages through the manner of a marriage. In her short stories “The Story of an Hour” and “Desiree 's Baby” she showed just how different marriages could be as well as how similar they can be. Chopin portrays the lives of the main characters, Louise Mallard from “The Story of An Hour” and Desiree Aubigny

Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor discusses many topics and insights that can be found in literature. Foster explains how each are used and the purposes they serve while providing numerous examples. Many of Foster’s insights can be found in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” which was written during a time in history when women were often restricted by society and marriage. The story speaks of a woman who felt freed from the burden of marriage when she thought her husband died, only to die the moment she realized he was actually alive. Foster’s insights about weather, heart disease, and flight that are evident in “The Story of An Hour” greatly influence the story’s interpretation in several ways.

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” was published in 1894 in Vogue, during a time when women do not have any legal rights. They have low education level and have no opportunity to work; what they can do is stay at home and manage the family. All their lives, they rely on their husband. Women at that time do not think about why they should be treated this way; they were being silenced by society. Kate Chopin uses the character Mrs. Mallard as the representative of all women who wants freedom at that time, and she criticizes the way society treats them, yet the difference of Mrs. Mallard’s values compared to society’s makes her become egotistic and her death end up not changing people’s mind of how to treat women properly.

When we think about marriage, we think it is happy moments with loved ones. It is knowing that someone has your back. Also, it is wishing you were the one having the operation or the ill. Not him. It is hard work that not all people can handle. Marriage is hard work that needs to be made from love. Wife needs to be the person that keeps the house in good look and supports her husband. As for husband he needs to be the head of the family that helps his wife to keep their marriage. Marriage is built on love, understanding and support of each other. In the marriage, it is important to keep each other happy. If the love and happiness disappear from marriage, it is hard to keep the family together. In those two short stories there is love, but

Women’s rights has been a major problem throughout history in almost every society on the planet. Even in Europe, which was considered one of the advanced societies, women were often treated as objects and prizes. They had very limited freedom, rights and voices. However, as time passed, women became fed-up with male domination and sought independence from their husbands. They managed to fight for their rights and to end gender based oppression. For example, women caused the probation to ban the consumptions of alcohol, because alcohol attributed to their husbands’ abusive behaviors. Three stories serve as great examples for how women were treated/viewed in overtime. One of those stories is the story of “An Hour”, by Kate Chopin, which shows us how shows us how women were in oppressive marriages and desired freedom. Another story called “Proof”, which was written by David Auburn, demonstrates the negative treatment of women in a male dominated work force. Finally, the story “A&P”, (written by John Updike) shows how the view of women changed through the sexual reevaluation.

The process of conveying meaningful messages consists of not only seeking the courage and effort to do so, but also the pursuit of attracting audiences through different and creative approaches. For Kate Chopin, the famous author of “The Awakening” and “The Story of an Hour”, her most successful approach was to provide audiences with short stories that proposed meaningful and strong messages. However, Kate Chopin’s powerful feminist images that were present throughout her writing has mostly flaunted Chopin as only a “pioneering feminist writer,” which has led to other messages Chopin incorporated in her writing into being overlooked. In Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour”, the short story describes the diverse emotions Louise Mallard undergoes after hearing of her husband’s railroad death. The protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, embodies feelings of liberation and freedom as she said, “Free! Body and Soul free!!” (Chopin) Yet, when she discovers her husband was still alive as he stood in the doorway of her house that same day, her shock overwhelms her and Louise suddenly dies of a heart attack. For the most part, this story has been taught solely from a feministic outlook, but if profoundly analyzed, Chopin’s story reveals that the story itself proposes indirect and subtle themes that reflect the social impacts that the developments of technology and time brought upon society during Chopin’s time.

Imagine this: the husband you have spent a majority of your time with suddenly dies in a train crash. Everyone expects you to be devastated, to go completely insane. No one arounds you knows how to break the news that the man you love is gone. If only they knew, though, that you did not actually love him at all. This is what happened to Mrs. Mallard, the main character of ¨The Story of an Hour¨. When she found out her husband was no longer alive, she had never been more excited. She was excited to finally be free and on her own, so when she heard that he was actually unharmed, it did not sit well with her. Because the woman felt so trapped in her marriage, she died from shock and sadness by the sight of her alive husband. This surprising story deals with two types of irony: situational and dramatic, which I will be breaking down.

The word “freedom” can have many different meanings for someone in this world. Being free can mean from slavery, spiritually and etc. The word is something that has to change the way you look at life, and see yourself be happy for all the freedom you have in the world.

“The Story of an Hour” is a short story by Kate Chopin. It begins with the main character Louise Mallard hearing the news of her husband Brently Mallard’s death. He died as a result of a railroad disaster. Kate Chopin mentioned in the beginning of the story that Louise was afflicted with a heart trouble. Her sister Josephine knowing about Louise’s disease tried to be extra careful telling the news of Brentley’s death.

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour and is considered short and easier of the two to comprehend. The use of multiple emotions and literary devices to communicate such emotions plays a vital role in writing. The dominant themes of the stories are the marital role of women and the marital role of men. The words used by the authors often reflect the desire that runs through individual’s minds in search for peace and comfort. Further, they demonstrate that men and women have separate and distinct roles in a marital union.

The story of an hour written by Kate Chopin is base in the late 1800s. About a women who soon finds out that her husband has died which leaves her sad and in grief. But then realize that she will be free of her marriage and that she can live her on life. Not long after everything that was going on her husband comes home and she’s in shock. After hearing that her husband was dead she’s dies.

In “the story of an hour” The author (Kate Chopin) conveys an idea that she is not necessarily unhappy when her husband's death as there are many hints towards the fact that she feels free that her husband is now out of her life and because of the multiple tone switches if creates an emotional roller coaster which creates suspense. The feelings she expresses when she is greeted with the news of her husband's death is as anyone would expect, sadness, but really she is feeling free and released from her husband. This is shown when she is feeling a “montrouis joy” also when she is repeating “free!” under her breath. But when she was given the news the story conveys a sad and somber tone but, after she thinks the tone changes to the opposite.

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” tales a short story of the marital relationship to display and comment on marriage and her attitude towards marital relationships, wives are imprisoned by their husbands and the ring on their fourth finger. Marriage was viewed as being imprisoned, with only one means of escape: death. Chopin begins her story with introducing Louise as Mrs. Mallard, yet her sister is acknowledged as Josephine, which emphasizes Mrs. Mallard’s married identity, she’s no longer her own person but rather her husband’s property. In fact, Mrs. Mallard isn’t recognized as Louise until she released from her recently deceased husband. Wives are viewed as property and enslaved, captured. Men or husbands are they’re own individuals,

Essay #1 was an interesting one to write, because I’ve never written essay like this before. First of all at the beginning I thought it’s going to be hard to write it. I couldn’t find two stories that I could compare. I really liked “A Story of an Hour” and was trying to look for the other character that somehow experienced something like Mrs. Mallard. Then I realize that Miss Emily is going to be a perfect character to contrast. I read the two stories again and looked for similarities and differences in between the two women.

Kate Chopin was an American author who majored in short stories mostly in topics related to feminism. Her other works include; “Bayou Folk” of 1894, “A Night in Acadia” of 1897, and “The Storm” of 1898. She created her story entitled “The Story of an Hour” with the aim of using characterization to show how women behave, and the forces that bind marriages. Her character, Louise Mallard, depicts the true picture of both the outward reaction and the inner feelings of women in marriages. When her sister gets the news that Louise’s husband gets involved in a fatal accident and dies, she plans a friendly way of breaking the