Kate Chopin 's The Story Of An Hour And The Storm

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.

'The Storm' and 'The Story of an Hour' expresses the attitudes of two women's rebirth and liberation. These two stories are alike in several ways. Natures plays a major role in both of these women's lives. Calixta and Mrs. Louise Mallard struggle to find their independence and in doing so the endings are triumphant and tragic.

Throughout history, people have been intrigued by love and lust which is shown by art, literature, and word of mouth. One author that had this curiosity of affection was Kate Chopin. In “Story of an Hour”, Mrs. Mallard died after finding out the shocking truth of her love one. In “The Storm”, Calixta’s Affair when a storm blow through her town causes some conflict in her mind. Chopin has a recurring theme of love in these two stories, but are shown in different ways by events that take place, the character’s idea of love and how the character’s actions affect the outcome.

Sexual in Chopin’s stories descried as a star that gave the characters a chance to open their mind, open their soul for a long time after marriage. She brought freedom, and power to the women in her stories to raise for the women’s rights in the

Emotional Desire and Physical Desire Both ”The Storm” by the Kate Chopin and “Interpreter of Maladies” by the Jhumpa Lahiri are centered around an affair, and the natural desires of human beings. At the same time, the act of the affair goes against social and moral norms and scrutiny, which may only intensify the conflict between the man and the woman. While both stories involve an affair, they differ in the symbols of the relationship, the depictions of the husbands, and the authors’ points of view regarding sexuality. The author, Chopin uses the storm as a symbol which refers to a temporary but a passionate sexual relationship between Calixta and Alcée. Like people sighed with relief after the storm passed, it can be found that they both were relieved of a boring and strict married life at the end “everyone was happy.” (39).

The late 1800s were not a time of feministic literature being acceptable. The Victorian Era occurred at this time, where feministic ideas were not often written about, published, or even allowed to be talked about. During this time, men dominated and woman were expected to be submissive in all forms. Kate Chopin, however, took it upon herself to write short stories that went against these beliefs. Her stories show women challenging the restrictions of the traditional norms by fulfilling and satisfying their sexual desires. She used stories to change roles of women in society, the limitations and being oppressed. Kate Chopin uses her fiction to create social change.

In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin describes the series of emotions a married woman with a heart condition, Mrs. Mallard, endures after hearing about the death of her husband, Mr. Mallard. She assumes that she will be a mournful widow, but she ends up silently rejoicing. It turns out that she was not happily married and the thought of freedom from her attachments of marriage gave her

Basically, the setting in the short story of Kate Chopin ‘The Storm’ presents a clear demonstration of an illicit but a romantic love affair. Indeed, the title has been used perfectly to signify the adulterous love affair. Most importantly, it is evident that the storm has not been used as a mere coincidence but instead it has been used to steer the story and the affair forward. In fact, the storm has been significant during the start of the story, during its peak and ultimately in the end. Although illegal, the love affair between the main characters brings ultimate happiness to the families of both the parties (Stein 52). Indeed, liberty in marriage to satisfy one’s physical needs is an effective means for survival, success and happiness in marriage.

In “The Story of an Hour”, the author Kate Chopin Presents an unusual marriage. Louise Mallard, the protagonist of this short story experiences a sense of relief and happiness when she is informed that her husband has passed away due to a train wreck. However, when she discovers that Mr. Mallard is alive she feels all chances of being free from this marriage have faded away. Learning that her husband had not passed away from the tragic train wreck that was revealed to her was so much of a disappointment it kills her. Published in the 1800’s

This short story “The Storm” written by Kate Chopin, presented unforeseen affair in a society where things happened to be authoritarian and so unadventurous. The setting of the story is so engrossing that the entire happening was well illustrated by Chopin; nature, fear, affair and sexuality. The most exception of this piece is the time frame and the timing of the author’s honesty in scripting what was unspeakable at the time. Several characters are wisely casted in this magnificent short story showing the expressive lives of the then societal structure.

In the piece of literature “The Storm” written by Kate Chopin, we get a glimpse of how much ahead of her generation she was. Some would say that instead of her being ahead of her generation she was instead someone with open eyes who say behind the truth. She writes about a storm so severe that her husband and son are held up in a store waiting for the storm to pass. A gentleman by walks by and asks for shelter in her house from the storm. She allows him to come in and then a spiral of events occur. The world we live in is filled with lying, and writings that show a happy ending after a lie only fill the minds of the weak and lead to more lies.

Kate Chopin is a very creative author not only is she creative in her literature but also very realistic. She will help you comprehend how a person in an unhappy marriage would rather live their lives and the changes that will have to be made to be able to live that life. “Story of an hour” is one of her stories that speaks upon how it would be if her husband was to actually pass away, how everything would be so much better and how much happier she would be without him. “The storm” is a little different but not so much. The storm explains how theirs a sense of freedom that all of the character crave. Both of these stories have to do with change and freedom. In order to be happy you have to go through change and also be free from certain things and people. This is Kate Chopin’s view of finding happiness in an unsatisfied marriage.

“I take you, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.” These traditional wedding vows conjure up images of true love and unfailing commitment. Although this unconditional love is beautiful, it was not always a reality. This fact became evident within literature of the late eighteen hundreds. “The Storm” written by Kate Chopin, “An Adventure in Paris” by Guy De Maupassant, and “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov, are all prominent short stories that portrayed dissatisfied women involved in loveless marriages. For these women, lack of fulfillment and the

Kate Chopin is one of the most controversial writers of her time. She focuses her writings so that the women are seen as the protagonists and also gives the audience samples of the women's roles in society as well as in marriage. In Chopin’s short stories “The Story of an Hour” and “Désirée’s Baby”, the focus narrows in on the women's perspective of the marriage. Chopin portrays a different view on marriage in both “The Story of an Hour” and “Désirée’s Baby” by showing the audience the contrasting attitudes, morals, and meaning behind the daunting outcomes of the two main characters.