Kate Chopin's Short Story Of An Hour

Josephine is concerned that when Mrs. Mallard has herself locked in her room will make her sick. However, she is not grieving and taking in the disturbing news she received, but thinking about how great her future life will be. “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully…She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her…When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her… She said it over and over under her breath: ‘free, free, free’” (19-20). The reader knew about the actual feelings that Mrs. Mallard is having regarding her husband’s death, while others such as Josephine, believed that she is fraught from the news that was given to her. Mrs. Mallard dies when she experiences the shock from seeing her husband alive at the door. When the doctors came, “they said that she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills” (21). We clearly know that Mrs. Mallard is not even close to being nearly full of joy. This is dramatic irony because the reader knew that the main character was having different hopes and emotions but the other characters such as the doctors did not really know the cause of her death. This is important because it shows how husbands take care of their families and expect their spouses to love and care for them in return. Mrs. Mallard was not grieving the way others was expected her to feel; she cried for joy and happiness. Because

Louise Mallard is the wife to Brentley Mallard. Mrs. Mallard was born with a heart condition. She always had to be careful of what she let upset her. Mrs. Mallard received the news of her husband’s railroad accident from her sister Josephine and her husband’s best friend Richard. The irony within the story is that Mrs. Mallard passed away from being so excited and overjoyed about her husband’s death. She pretended to feel sorrow and grief while around Josephine and Richard. They tried to be gentle with the words of her husband’s passing because they knew that her heart was fragile and weak. Mrs. Mallard

From the very beginning of the story, we see that Mrs. Mallard is suffering in her relationship with her husband. When she finds out about his tragic death, she initially has a “paralyzed inability” to see what kind of impact it has on her (par. 3). Mrs. Mallard later realizes that his death releases her from her miserable marriage. As the story progresses, it seems as if she is almost happy about the untimely death of her husband. She has a feeling that she is now “free” and that she would not have to be with a person who “had never looked save love upon

In addition, Louise will mourn her husband’s death, but she is now joyed that she doesn’t have to go through anymore pain from Mr. Mallard. After she realizes that she’s free, she starts planning her new future. Ms. Mallard loved her husband, but she believed that independence

The way she reacted to her husband’s death and her deep thoughts about her marriage reveal that Mrs. Mallard was not completely satisfied with her marriage and life, overall. This reveals that she would not have died from joy at seeing her husband, but from sadness because of the oppressive lifestyle her husband

In the Victorian period women were considered to be weak and they believe that they couldn't handle stressful situations. In the story Mrs. Mallard is considered weak because of her heart trouble but also became she is a woman and that is why “great care was taken to break the news “(par. 1). Also in this time women's were supposed to stay at home and create heaven on earth for the men. In the story Mrs. Mallard with the death of her husband she feels a sense of independence she will live for herself “there would be no powerful will bending hers…”(par.14). Richards, the man who heard the news about Mr. Mallard accident did not show any concern over Mrs. Mallard health.

There was tow death Chopin’s Kate and her husband. Chopin’s Kate sister told her that her husband was died. Kate when she heard from her sister she was so happy and when she realized she loved him sometimes. Kate Chopin’s when she realized she got her freedom her “The Story

In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” she had a lead female character who, at this time, was considered to be controversial. In America at this time, women were not to have a voice of their own and for the lead character to have her own voice and who defies the male dominance of the 19th century. It was uncommon for a women of the 19th century to find joy in finding out that her husband was suddenly killed. The lines “Free! Body and soul free!” (Paragraph 14) suggest that she felt trapped being with her husband and now that he’s dead she’s finally free. This is something that I’m sure many American women in this time period felt.

Mallard hears the news of her husband’s death she weeps and feels abandoned while she falls into her sister’s arms. She wants to be alone so she goes to her room and grieves by herself. While sitting there in her chair with a dull stare in her eyes looking out the window in her armchair she starts to think how life will be by herself. “There would be no one to live for in those coming years; she would live for herself.” (p. 547) She feels the joy of what her husband’s death can bring to her. Mrs. Mallard who has a heart condition could have her days to herself. She would be able to have her own identity. Even though she does not seem to be abused by Mr. Mallard she did at some point love her husband, but over the years had stopped. “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 gray and dead.” (p. 548) She was ready to live for herself. “There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.” (p. 548) She can know be herself and be

The story is interesting in the fact that it all happens in the time frame of one hour. Being told in third person we go on an emotional rollercoaster ride all within one hour. This story changes how some people view death. Death normally evokes a sense of sorrow and grief; Kate Chopin shows how death symbolizes joy and independence. In this story, Mrs. Mallard is dealing with various things that people cope with in everyday life. She has heart trouble and seemingly some other health issues as well as dealing with her husband’s demise. Josephine saw the need to make sure that the news was broken to her gently.

Mallard is officially where she wants to be—free from her husband’s restrictions—in an individualistic state. Most people desire love and security within another partner, but Louise unconventionally desires to be self-sufficient. She has little sympathy toward the reality that her husband has died and is more so eager to become independent and unrestricted. She quickly moves from her state of mourning the death of her husband to focusing on herself. Her tears cease, and she becomes absorbed in a future without a husband confining her. The feeling of being forever separated from her husband never occurs to Mrs. Mallard as a miserable or unpleasant

Don’t be quick to jump to conclusions, not everything is what it appears to be. Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour” is a great representation of this. Chopin’s story is about the thoughts of a woman named Louise Mallard, after she is told that her husband has died in an accident. The use of an omniscient third-person narrator helps the reader understand what all the characters are thinking. The setting correlates the title and the duration of the story, all events in the story took place within an hour. The irony adds depth to the story, in the beginning Louise thinks her husband has died, but then, she dies herself in the end. Chopin’s use of narration, setting, and irony clearly summarizes the

Mallards understanding of hope for her life results in her death. Louise Mallard suffers from “heart trouble (Chopin 1)” and when she hears her husband has died, “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance (Chopin 1).” Quotes/ examples- Mrs. Mallard’s reaction is very different than one would assume. She wept and then went away to her bedroom to begin to process the hope for her future. What will her life be like without a controlling husband? She contemplated all the questions any widow would think about but with a certain strange delight. “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it fearfully…creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, scents, the color that filled the air (Chopin 1)”. Women in this time period were expected to be domestic and they were oppressed by society. They did not have the same rights a man had. Mrs. Mallard was devastated but eventually she came to the realization that she would love her life without her husband tying her down. Imagining a perfect world with boundless opportunities for a widowed woman. She then repeats, “free, free, free (Chopin 2)!” Analysis- She was finally free from all the ideals put forth on her. Free from her husband, her marriage, her duties, and her responsibilities. Concluding sentence- Mrs. Mallard clings to the feeling of

Richards slumped into his chair, as Mrs. Mallard left for her room. He and Josephine had just broken the news of her husband’s death. Mr. Mallard was killed in a railroad accident where he and Richards worked. It came as no surprise to Richards that there had been an accident. Because of such the bad conditions, it was only a matter of time before people got hurt. They worked long, laboring, dirty hours together, with little to no breaks. The work was dangerous and they had grown closer because of it.

Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour" is largely about the forms of repression that women were forced to endure during the epoch in which the story was written (1894) and during much of the time that preceded it. During this time period, women quite frequently had to subjugate themselves to the will of their husbands, or to some other man who had a significant amount of control over their lives. Chopin chooses to address this phenomenon in an indirect manner with this particular short story, although she does so in a thematic manner which, of course, is the ""¦idea that lies behind the story. Every story narrows a broad underlying idea, shapes it in a unique way, and makes the underlying idea concrete" (Clugston 2010, 7.1) The theme that "The Story of an Hour" is based upon is the notion of the liberation of women from the overbearing influence of men. Chopin chooses to illustrate this theme quite dramatically through literary devices of symbolism and metaphor.