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What Is The Irony In The Story Of An Hour

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In the story “The story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the author used many examples of irony. In the beginning of the story, Mrs. Mallard’s friend Richard was there when the news of Ms. Mallard’s death received and he just makes sure by the second telegram. But the reality is different from what we read at the beginning. As seen in this example, believing some event will happen, but then the opposite occurs which is called irony. In the part "assure himself of its truth by a second telegram", I thought Mallard’s husband was dead. However, I learned that he never died. When Mrs. Mallard says “Free! Body and soul free!”. It was really clear that she was happy to be free from her unhappy marriage. It was also awkward that how she describes the

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