The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin

In well-known author, Kate Chopin’s stories, she depicts her themes and ideologies through risky scenarios to express their importance to her views as well as to many others in her time. “The Story of An Hour” describes the scene of a woman hearing the news of her husband’s death in a railroad accident. At first, Mrs. Mallard is upset and crying but then runs to her room alone where she realizes that she is now free. Throughout Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” she elicits themes that portray her own beliefs such as freedom, women’s rights, and time.

Imagine the possible ways of coping with the news of the death of one’s significant other. Losing a loved one is always seen to be difficult for many to handle and most often leads to a stage of affliction. But what if you came to realize in the midst of coming to terms with their passing, that you could possibly be better off without them? In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” the response of Mrs. Mallard, who lives with a heart disease, to the news of the death of her husband is illustrated through many stylistic techniques. With the usage of literary devices such as diction, imagery, and linguistic elements, Chopin elucidates the transition between sorrow, relief, and irony of the narrative.

Kate Chopin, a brilliant author ahead of her time, is known for her honest, frank stories about women. Due to her clashing view with society, some of Chopin’s stories were published after her death for the fear of being grotesque. In Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” the reader is introduced Mrs Mallard and what her role in society she was forced to play. Once again, Chopin questioning the theme of when do women get to be themselves for the sake of being their own individual person? Sadly for Mrs. Mallard, it was less than an hour.

What Lies Behind Closed Doors Not everything is what it seems, never let a person or situation fool you because you never know what is happening behind closed doors. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” the reader soon realizes the statement above. Even though this is such a short story the reader quickly grasps the many meanings and life lessons this story has to offer. This story is a real eye opener which makes the reader develop several emotions; compassion being the strongest one.

The point of view being used in Kate Chopin’s Story of an Hour is a non-participating omniscient third-person narrator. By using this kind of narration, Chopin is not limited to just one characters point of view. Being an unidentified outsider can be very beneficial to the reader because we know something that the main character doesn’t and that can cause great anticipation, which usually increases the reader’s interest. Since Chopin decided to use this technique, it is much easier to go into great detail about what the widow, Mrs. Mallard is thinking. In this case, the author is revealing Mrs. Mallard’s unexpected happiness that came with knowing that her husband has passed.

The short story, “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin depicts on the dramatizing news that the protagonist, Mrs. Louise Mallard, is notified with. Chopin uses a wide amount of different rhetorical devices such as Symbolism, Imagery, and Allegory to help the reader fully understand the reading and see what Chopin is trying to set the story as. Throughout the story, Chopin sets a certain tone that lasts from beginning to end. The narrator 's portrayal of Mrs. Mallard shows someone who brushes off the ideas of love and even the finest of marriages for the magnificent thought of unadulterated lack of restrictions.

Writers use imagery and language to create the tone of a story. Understanding the tone of a story is crucial to understanding the story itself. The overall tone plays a huge part in the meaning and how the way the meaning of a story is conveyed. “The Story of An Hour,” portrays a brief moment in a woman’s life. Depending on which part of the story you read, you will get one of two themes: hopeful or ironic.

In "The story of an hour", Kate Chopin tells the story of a woman, Mrs. Mallard, whose husband is thought to be dead. Throughout the story Chopin describes the emotions Mrs. Mallard felt about the news of her husband's death. However, the emotions she felt were not overcome by despair or by sadness, they were something else. In a way she was relieved more than she was upset, and almost rejoiced in the thought of her husband no longer living. In using different literary elements throughout the story, Chopin conveys this to us on more than one occasion.

In Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour”, the reader is presented with the theme of prohibited independence. In Kate Chopin “The Storm”, the scenery in this story builds the perfect atmosphere for an adulterous affair. The importance of these stories is to understand the era they occurred. Kate Chopin wrote stories with exceptional openness about sexual desires. In “The Storm”, a short story written by Kate Chopin in a time when women were expected to act a certain way and sexual cravings was considered to be something only faced by men. She criticized society for its constant close-mindedness in a time when decency was considered to be an attribute, and she helped generate a more enlightened attitude among women and men of her time. Meanwhile, “The Story of an Hour” was written in a period when law code favored the spouses in all domestic affairs and left women without many legal rights. As one will read, the thought of freedom is closely tied to the prospect of escaping restrictions of being married. Kate Chopin short stories centers around the theme of feminism. In both short stories the theme is connected with repressed feeling and desire, deep moments of freeness, and symbolism.

The short story “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin is about a woman who dies after finding out that her husband, believed to be deceased, is actually alive. The short story “The Fathers Confession,” by Guy de Maupassant is about a man who confesses to a crime he committed to his children in a letter after he passes away. A close reading of these stories reveals themes of repressive relationships and freedom. In addition, the reader gains insight through analyzing characters with use of technical strategies.

"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin is an example of a strained romantic relationship and the quest for identity. Mrs. Mallard has a romantic yet strained love with her presumbably dead husband. It is strained because she, "had loved him--sometimes." but,"often, she had not". This is because she felt his assertion and domanice was used to control and trap her. In assuming that she was free from this, she began to see herself in the future having "all sorts of days that would be her own" and her new identity that would come with it.

Mary Astell, a sixteenth-century English writer, once stated: “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?” Undeniably, since the beginning of time women have been enslaved by society’s unwritten mandate for a woman’s life: find an agreeable suitor, marry, produce children and be the perfect housewife, at risk of being deemed abnormal if these actions are not accomplished by a certain age. In the short story “The Story of an Hour”, author Kate Chopin illustrates a woman’s sundry emotions upon hearing of her husband’s death. To the woman’s own surprise, she experiences feelings of relief and a newfound freedom. Having lived in the 19th century, Chopin challenged society’s perception of women at the time in this honest, liberating drama.

While being an enjoyable narrative, the style with which Chopin writes may sometimes leave the reader wishing for less description and more background. Chopin spends an obscene amount of time on the emotions Mrs. Mallard is experiencing, but she spends far less time on elaborating on the reason for these feelings. It is fleetingly mentioned “There would be no powerful will bending her in that blind persistence…” and the reader knows that despite being treated with love by her husband, Mrs. Mallard detested him for controlling her. However, there is no telling of the ways in which Mr. Mallard exercised his control over her, nor is there any evidence of family or friend knowing this fact. Chopin also puts to use many extremely long sentences. Paired with her high level of vocabulary, this makes it difficult for the reader to completely immerse him or herself in the events without pausing every few seconds reassess their understanding of the text. One last aspect of style which may confuse those who read this story is the structure which composes the narrative. Every few paragraphs there are outside comments interjected, providing an analysis of that point in the story. It is obvious that this particular decision was made by the

Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour”, is an interesting piece of literature for many reasons, such as, the story takes place in only an hour. The story is about Louise Mallard, an all American wife who is told by her sister, Josephine, and husband’s friend, Richard, that her husband, Brently Mallard, had died in a train accident. The problem is that she has a heart disease that could kill her if she is startled. Now she has to know what to do next, be sad and cry or rejoice in the fact that he is free from an awful marriage? Mrs. Mallard does not react like a normal wife would when you find out that your husband has died. Chopin, being born in 1894, understands Mrs. Mallard because she grew up in the same time period. Chopin uses

Kate Chopin’s story “The Story of an Hour” reflects on gender roles and the love that has faded between married couples. The story introduces the main character Louise Mallard, who has heart disease, who receives dreadful news about Brently Mallard’s death. With her husband dead, she grieves, and shortly after locks herself away to meditate. While she isolates herself, something unexpected begins to rise from the back of her mind, and she finds herself believing that her husband’s death is a good thing. In addition, she reflects on her relationship with her husband and realizes that she was only being shackled by her husband’s will, which does not reflect the characteristics of a grieving person. After succumbing to this realization, she leaves from her isolation to find that her husband is still alive. She then dies shortly after. This analysis will explore why Louise feels the way she does even though she believes the man she married is dead. Although the way Louise felt was atypical, it should not be a shock that Louise felt the way she did because people more often than not marry more for convenience rather than love.