Two main themes that have come up through the researching of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin are female self assertion and female liberation This story was published in 1894 when women who sought out independence were not regarded very highly Women in this era were raised to view marriage as a sacred institution not something that anyone should take lightly Men in this time had all the legal rights to the children and to the couples property Women were not even allowed to vote yet Thus a fe
Changing Roles of Women At the turn of the twentieth century America was changing rapidly As industrialization and immigration changed cities women slowly began changing their traditional roles Society believed that women played a central role in the family Their lives were tied to the house and children endlessly unacknowledged work little opportunity for outside contact and relief from everyday triviality Womens roles were meant to steady the troubles of the world yet women could not help to
Kate Chopins character Louise Mallard in The Story of an Hour is made realistic through her internal conflict over how she is expected or supposed to feel about her husbands death as opposed to how she actually feels It is her revelations that really make Mrs Mallard relatable and complex Her unexpected new feelings are the keys to her complexity without which she would be flat and dull Mrs Mallard is a young woman with a heart problem whom is expected to be devastated and destroyed over the su
As we read The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin we learn the main character of the story is Mrs Mallard She is the character we know the most about and the person around whom all the other characters rally with their concerns when she is informed about the untimely death of her husband At first her reaction to Mrs Mallards death appears to be normal however after a period of reflection things begin to change A closer look at Mrs Mallard will reveal that she is a character who is emotional develo
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin represents a negative view of marriage by presenting the reader with a woman who is clearly overjoyed that her husband has died This is expressed through the language in by Kate Chopin used to describe Louises emotions as she oscillates between numbness and extreme joy at her newfound freedom The narrator of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin relates what she observes in simple prose but when her emotions are described the words are vibrant and powerful This
Struggles of Woman and Man Both The Story of an Hour and Clever Manka are very short stories about a man and a women both having struggles in their marriage However the two women have distinctly different qualities making the ending very different in the two stories Clever Mankas husband has a much greater involvement in the story than that of The Story of an Hour therefore we do not have both sides of the conflict in their marriage It also makes it difficult to determine the thoughts and actio
Comparison of The Story of an Hour
To both women in The Necklace and The Story of The Hour their perception in their life is their reality Both Mathilde and Mrs Mallard want something more than what they have in their life But many times this causes one to lose something in their life they have already been blessed with and arent aware of the blessing until it is already gone The characters symbolic settings and resolutions of the plots used by the authors portray the unhappiness that each woman carries in her heart and in their
Critical Analysis to Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour allows one to explore the ironic situation in which a woman unpredictably feels free after her husbands assumed death Chopin uses Mrs Mallards bizarre story to illustrate the marital problems that were inherent in marriages in the early 19th century In The Story of an Hour the main character Mrs Mallard celebrates the death of her husband yet Chopin challenges readers of all backgrounds gender age and cultu