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Chopin 's The Story of an Hour

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She was drinking in the very elixir of life ' and for the first time Louise truly live , breathed , and existed in a society dominated by men and in a her own world controlled by her husband . Louise Mallard is the central character to Kate Chopin 's short story The Story of an Hour and is offered to the reader as a reflection of the role of women in the late 19th century . Much of Kate

Chopin 's work , like The Story of an Hour , is about women and how they used to be treated . She also focused on issues including marriage , divorce , and female gender roles The Story of an Hour ' can be viewed through a feminist perspective Through the use of symbols , word choice , and irony Chopin develops a theme of female liberation during the turn-of-the-century

Chopin uses several symbols to create the feeling of freedom for the main character Just after Louise is told about the death of her husband , she enters her bedroom and finds the open window ' Through it she can see new spring life ' on the street below , and realizes that now she too can be part of that life , on her own terms . The open window symbolizes her clear passage to exist fully in the world without her husband standing in her way . Louise hears and sees the countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves . She is finally alive since her husband is dead . The narrator states about Louise And yet she had loved him--sometimes . Often she had not " This means while she had loved her husband she is much happier since he is gone

Chopin uses words to create phrases to help create her theme of female freedom . After Louise briefly mourning her husband include - monstrous joy , victory , Free ! Body and soul free . All of which are not the usual emotions one would expect after hearing of the loss of a loved one . Louise states

She said it over and over under her breath 'free , free , free ' The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes . They stayed keen and bright . Her pulses beat fast , and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body

She is excited to be alive and it makes her body alive again . In the late 19th century a woman 's role was solely to care for her husband and children , never for herself . If a woman had no husband , she did not exist . Kate Chopin parallels this real life irony to the condition of Louise in the short story . Chopin is a master story teller and also uses irony . In The Story of an Hour ' two forms of irony can be found . These forms of irony is situation and dramatic irony

The use of irony helps develop the theme of freedom in the story Situational irony is when the reader expects for Louise...