Story Of An Hour Irony

In this story, the two irony’s that we’re used are the situational (or cosmic) irony and the dramatic irony, because when Mrs. Mallard had gotten the news that her husband was killed in the railroad disaster of course she cried, but when she went into her room to probably take in all that was going on, that’s when her true feelings came out. She felt a sense of relief and a sense of freedom in the fact that soon she will be able to just please herself and not have to deal with someone else’s demands. But come to find out the roles reversed when she went downstairs with her sister and that front door opened, her husband walked right in with no harm done to him. Out of shock, she collapsed and died. These ironies are related because nothing

Everyone has lost a loved one or has seen and experienced a situation in which another person has lost their loved one. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, published in 1894, details that moment in a woman's life when her world is shattered and the process of self-consciousness begins. Louise Mallard, wife of Richard Mallard, a successful businessman. Louise Mallard is a woman ahead of her time, by the standards of the 1890’s she should be happy. Her husband loves her; she herself acknowledges that he “had never looked save with love upon her.”(Chopin, p.477) In the 1890’s women depended on their husbands financially. There was an unspoken rule that the man was the powerful one, the wife would conform to the

Setting in a story can create certain moods, influence the way we feel about a character, and change the reader's perceptions. “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin is a short story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard, who learns of her husband’s death. This tragic news causes a range of emotions and internal conflict for the main character. The century, season, and room, in which the story takes place, prepares readers for the overflowing emotions and gives clarity to the character’s frame of mind. Kate Chopin uses the setting to help set the structure of the story.

I want to analyze the short story of Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin born on February 8th, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. And she died on August 22th, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. She was a U.S. author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She wrote many short stories such as The Story of an Hour, The Storm, Desiree’s Baby, and A Pair of Silk Stockings. I choose The Story of An Hour because it is very interesting story. The Story of An Hour published on December 6th, 1894.

When her husband who is actually never really dead in the first place came inside, Mrs. Mallard died right there because when she sees her husband, all her feminine freedom is crashing down around her and now that she has seen the freedom she could have as free woman she could never go back to being under the control of a man and ever be happy again. “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills” means that when a man has control over a woman, it’s like a disease on

Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour reflects the time in which a woman was forced to abide by the wishes of a man. From keeping the home in order to cater to his every want and need, she was degraded of her real potential, resulting in a hatred toward her spouse, the inability to speak and think freely for herself, and the a desire of independence. Throughout the text, Louise Mallard reveals that she is living in the repressive world of male dominance through her reaction to her husband’s “death” and re-arrival, her longing to be free from her current captivity, and her excitement of her new life as her own individual. The Story of an Hour beings with the acknowledgement of Mrs. Mallard’s heart disease and the depressing news of her “deceased” husband.

“The Story of an Hour” was composed by American author Kate Chopin in 1894. The story depicts a period in time, specifically an hour, when Mrs. Mallard experiences a plethora of

The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin, is a protofeminist short story that contains emotional twists and turns of irony and tragedy in just an hour. Kate Chopin displays the dynamic between men and women in relationships during the nineteenth century as this story was written in 1894. The story begins with the main protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, who is introduced to us by the heart problem she has. Her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richard, are with Mrs. Mallard to inform her with caution, due to her heart condition, the devastating news that her husband Brently, has been killed by a railroad disaster.

While Mrs. Mallard remembers Mr. Mallard as a kind and tender man who loved her, she also viewed him as the oppression that marriage put upon women and men. While Mr. Mallard was kind and loving to his wife, he was also controlling and overbearing. Josephine, Mrs. Mallard’s sister and Richards, Mr. Mallard’s friend is there to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Richards has learned of Mr. Mallard’s death at the newspaper office, not wanting to believe the information that was received, Richards waited for the new to be delivered for a second time before enlisting the help of Josephine. They are both there to support Mrs. Mallard and their support shows that they care for Mr. and Mrs. Mallard.

Mrs. Mallard is in shock and drops to her death from her heart disease. The doctors ruled her death to be from an overwhelming abundance of joy as the last line states, “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills” (23). There is irony in this moment because it was the loss of joy that actually killed

First, when Mrs. Mallard’s sister, Josephine, is worried that she is going to make herself ill, but the crazy part is that she is happy that her secretly unhappy marriage was over, this shows situational and dramatic irony. The second example of situational irony would be when Mr. Mallard dies and Mrs. Mallard cries of joy. In most cases when a significant other passes you would be heart broken, but not her. She starts to smile just thinking about the new life that she was going to have. Lastly, another example of situation irony is when Mr. Mallard walks through the door and Mrs. Mallard dies. The readers all thought that the story was just going to be about a husband dying and the wife coping with the situation, but Mr. Mallard lives

Mallard reaction to the news of her husband’s death is an obvious example of dramatic and situational irony in” The Story of the hours.”. “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself, she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.” (Chopin,67). Anyone who is marrying will say that this is a typical reaction to losing a loved one. However, we see how the author made it as a situational irony. Mrs. Mallard went to her room her feeling suddenly change from sadness to happiness, “Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously." She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her” (Chopin,68). She is upset about the death of her love one, but at the same time, she was happy because now she would be a “Free”

In the story, the label that Chopin gives to Mrs. Mallard’s problem is “heart trouble’ which involves both physical and emotional factors. Similarly, I think it’s very ironic for the writer to use the phrase “joy that kills” in the last sentence of the story because it is actual joy that Mrs. Mallard feels when she realizes her husband is dead, and pain so great that kills her when she sees her husband walking through the door. However, other characters are unaware of the transformation that has occurred in Mrs. Mallard. The dramatic irony in the end is that Louise doesn’t die because of joy as the doctor claims but actually because of loss of joy. Her husband’s death gives her a glimpse of new life and when that new life is swiftly taken away, the shock and disappointment kills her. Therefore, the main character, Mrs. Mallard

Mrs. Mallard might not have even died. Although this isn’t even the only type of irony in the story.

“The Story of an Hour,” is an ironic love story of a newly widowed woman finding a struggle for her own freedom. The story begins with a friend of Mr. Mallard, Richard, finding out that he has been killed in a train wreck. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine hesitates to tell her of the news because she knows of her heart condition. Mrs. Mallard finds out that her husband has died; she is sad, but for only a briefs period of time. Something is different; Mrs. Mallard should feel sad and not filled with an inner sense of happiness. At this junction, Chopin begins to hint to the read that this woman is feeling happy about the death of her husband. It is almost like a burden has been lifted of her shoulders. The un-named woman goes to her room and sinks into a chair, only then does she start to realize her internal joy about the situation. She gets up from the chair and focuses her body towards the window and begins to notice all the wonderful things about life she never say before. "An open square before her house, the tops of trees that was all aquiver with the new spring life" (Chopin 158). This quote by Kate Chopin lets the reader know that the main character is now free