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The Symbolism Of The Locket And Irony's

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the feeling I get when I read this short story is one of mystery. The author sets the stage for this right from the very beginning when she describes the locket as some sort of good luck charm. When one of the men says "That's a charm; some kind of hoodoo business that one o' them priests gave him to keep him out o' trouble." One gets the idea that something important is going to be associated with this locket. Later, when the soldier is found dead with the locket around his neck, the reader is let down, because he has been hoping that the locket would offer some sort of protection. The second part of the story, however, contains a lot of foreshadowing that some irony is going to pop up, especially if one is familiar with Kate Chopin’s writing.

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