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LITERARY ANALYSIS ON THE STORY OF AN HOUR

The Story of an Hour : A Literary Analysis

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The Story of an Hour : A Literary Analysis

The Story of an Hour is the story of women being drained of their power their strength , and their will . This short literary masterpiece took its form for every woman who has lost their power and will ever since they were tied with marriage and because of an inner sense of serving their husbands

Mrs . Mallard , the main character

of the story , was one of these women She was a wife living for her husband , bending her will in a blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature ' Upon the death of her husband she briefly felt sorrow for a loss of someone dear . Her sorrow was immediately changed into a dark kind of joy upon realizing she was free from an obligation to live her life for her husband

This realization went well with how Chopin described the surroundings of Mrs . Mallard as she sat by the open window . The mere contrast of her cheerful of the environment and the mournful event happening with Mrs . Mallard was a surprise in the beginning . In Chopin 's words Mrs . Mallard sat in a comfortable , roomy armchair ' where she could see the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life ' This was the opposite of...

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