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    Lottery”, a short story by Shirley Jackson reflects human's deepest nature on tradition. Jackson uses routines as a way of illustrating the festival like qualities of the annual lottery. The setting of vibrant colors in the short story conveys a peaceful tone.The characters are portrayed as loving and caring. The ideas of a festival like a lottery, a "homey" setting and, the people's actions all help develop the bigger idea. The people and tradition Shirley Jackson in her short story the “The Lottery

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    In “The Story on an Hour”, the word repression is used as to reject disagreeable ideas, memories and feelings. Louise Mallard repressions indicates the idea that she could allow herself to not care for her husband’s existence. In addition, she had feelings of being trapped and incapable of thinking for solely herself. The huge emotional roller-coaster that Mrs. Mallard was experiencing later ended her life. Kate Chopin, uses many of descriptive scenes and conversations between characters to describe

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    The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin 1. The story's basic exposition is presented in its first two paragraphs. What additional information about character or setting would you like to know? Why do you suppose Chopin does not supply this information? In Kate Chopin’s story “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard suffered from a heart condition but never explains the severity. I would be interested to know this because she dies so suddenly at the end of the story. “When the doctors came the said she had died

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    when you don’t.” quoted by Lauren Oliver. Two short stories with the common factors of love and death show us that love can be fatal in its various forms. In this essay, we’re going to explore the development of the common theme in the Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Isabel Allende’s “An Act of Vengeance.” A brief summary of the short story, I’ll discuss the development, and explain how the theme fits in. Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour”, tells a tale about Mrs. Mallard, a woman

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    Every story has two sides. We need to learn to look it from both point of views to get the full picture. The dangers of reading a single story include stereotypes, false image, and prevention of the mind expanding. In 2009 the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a lecture of the dangers of a single story. In the speech she stated, “The consequence of the single story is that it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult and it emphasizes that we are

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    The exposition of the story starts in the beginning of the story before any conflict has risen. During the exposition, we find out that the Great War had been won and we are introduced to the super computer Multivac which was used to win the war. The rising action happens when Henderson and swift were discussing their use of multivac to win the war, “"Intuition, I presume. I juggled them till they looked right. At first, I hardly dared, I changed a bit here and there to correct what were obvious””

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    Freedom and control are concepts everyone wishes to possess, but some struggle to obtain them. For example in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin the main character is told that her controlling and repressive husband has died in a train accident. At first she sobs like a small child and hides in her room, but she soon realizes she is free to live a life for herself. With her newfound happiness, she returns downstairs right as her husband, alive and well, is walking through the front door. Mrs

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    The Untold Story of Marriage The Story of an Hour is a short story that was written in 1894 by Kate Chopin. Throughout this unique story, there is only a handful of characters. The protagonist in this story is Mrs. Louise Mallard and her husband Mr. Brently Mallard who she is unhappily married to. While Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are the main characters, Kate Chopin also in includes Josephine, who is Louise’s sister and Brentley’s friend Richards. Although Josephine and Richards play a minor role in the

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    the short story, “The Story of an Hour” Mrs. Mallard has to deal with the death of her husband. Her feeling after her husband died was joy, a happy feeling. Joy isn't something most people feel when they are dealing with the death of a family member. Mrs. Mallard however, seemed to enjoy the freedom that she got as a result of her husband's death. In the first couple of paragraphs of the story, Mrs. Mallard seems to be very sad at the news of her husband’s death but as the story progresses

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    “The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin, is a display of female rejection of the standards of society. This story begins with Mrs. Mallard going through the stages of grief for her husband’s death. This was an awakening of a new life for Mrs. Mallard. However, her new life was cut short as the information that led her to believe this news turns out false. Kate Chopin reveals that even the need for love is surpassed by the need for freedom and independence, through the use of character, setting, and

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