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    The story hour we read was a very true story I think back in that day. Back than the husbands hit their wives and beat them and stuff and thought it was okay, people still do that today but they will get in trouble for it. But I can see why she did not like staying with that guy. She was a slave I bet and did all of the work around the house while all he did was went to his job. I bet he doesn’t do anything for work either. The reason why I think she croaked was because she was sad that he did not

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    Plot, Setting, and Point of View 1. What are fictional stories? 2. Many people will say fictional stories are stories that are not true. 3. Yes, that is correct, but there are many more parts to fiction. 4. Per Kirszner and Mandell, “A work of fiction is a narrative that originates in the imagination of the author rather than in history or fact” (62) 5. Some examples of fiction are poems, epics, and novels. 6. Not all fiction is one hundred percent false, “some fiction focuses on real people and

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    Ariel Spencer D. Reed English 1123/ English IV 25 April 2016 The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour, first published in 1894, is a short story by Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin was an American author born in St. Louis in 1850. She started writing at the age 39 were most of her themes were about class relations, relationships, and feminine sexuality shocked in her 19th century readers. During this time period women wasn’t entitled to power or a say so in anything like women do today. The average woman

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    Story Of An Hour Tone

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a very interesting story that prevails various tones of narrator through out the story. Chopin has written story in mysterious, dramatic and ironic tone which makes the story very interesting. First of all, the story was little difficult to understand. The first impression of tone in the story was sadness and shocked but it was also a mysterious. For example, the first name of the main character, Mrs. Mallard, is not mentioned until towards the end of the

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Choplin is only one-thousand words long; yet there is strong character development throughout. It also has seemingly strong undertones of social issues, such as independence as a woman in the 1800s. Many of those in the literary field argue whether Choplin’s intention was to have underlaying tones of positivity and feminism, or if it is a story about irony told through a woman named Louise Mallard, a woman with heart troubles who “dies of happiness” when she finds out

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    equality in a culture. Women have always been labeled the weaker sex, and have struggled to overcome obstacles to become equal. In the early culture of America it was very oppressive to be a female, and society was not in a woman's favor. “The Story of an Hour” is an example of regionalism because it portrays the views others had on Feminism and gender roles. Mrs. Mallard, or simply Louise is a “frail” and gentle woman, who spends her days serving her husband. But sadness strikes before the first

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    The Story of An Hour Feeling trapped can make you seek freedom more and more. At first in the story Mrs. Mallard wants freedom. It seemed like a terrible thing to her. She was restricted in a lot of ways. Mrs. Mallard was restricted due to her marriage and due to her bad heart. Even in her home she feels restricted. “She could see in the open square before her house the top of the trees that her aquiver with ne spring life”. She was describing her life open without her husband. After hearing the

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    Story Of An Hour Freedom

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    The Story of an Hour theme is freedom because it has affected so many things in The Story of an Hour it makes the story even better due to the choices made by Mrs. Mallard. Freedom has made The Story of an Hour into a real-life problem that some many woman go through on a daily basis throughout their lives. It also gives you an insight of what was going through some women's minds during the time where the woman stereotype was so high and still is high today. After the news was broken

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    Symbolism in the “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin For this lesson I read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. Although there are many literary devices used in "The Story of an Hour", I have decided to write my essay on the use of symbolism. The literary device symbolism is a technique used to represent ideas and events by using significant or important things that stand out in the story. A few things that stood out most in the story would be the comfortable chair, and Mrs. Mallard's heart

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    Story Of An Hour Analysis

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    “The Story of an Hour” is all about a sickly wife who briefly believe that her husband is dead, and imagines a whole life of freedom to do whatever she want when ever she want to. In “The Story Of An Hour” by the author Kate Chopin, the protagonist Louise Mallard was introduced to Mr. Mallard from a heart condition therefore the people that were all around her treated her very gently. Josephine had came to her with shocking news. Josephine tries to confront Mrs. Mallard about Louise father (Mr

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