Tommy Chung Mrs. Martin TSW 1,2,4,6,7 2016/10/6 Analysis of “The Story of An Hour” In the story, “The Story of An Hour”, the main character is Louise Mallard. She is a dynamic character. She internally changed throughout the story. In the beginning of the story, she heard the news of her husband’s death in train accident from her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend, Richard. She was shocked by the news and showed sad feelings in the story. However, when I was reading through the story, I could
introduction of every character in the Story of an Hour includes their first name except our protagonist, who is introduced as Mrs. Mallard. This is important because a first name is an identifying characteristic of an
In the short story, “The Story of An Hour,” written by Kate Chopin a woman named Louise Mallard is given the devastating news leading her to believe her husband had passed away. Mrs. Mallard’s close friend and sister try to tell her this news in the most gentle way possible since she had a heart condition, but almost immediately Mrs. Mallard started crying and locked the door to her room. Once the crying halted she quickly realized all the freedom she now had in her life because of her husband’s
growth of the dynamic protagonist Louise Mallard, after hearing news of her husband’s death. The third-person narrator telling the story uses deep insight into Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts and emotions as she sorts through her feelings after her sister informs her of her husband’s death. During a Character analysis of Louise Mallard, a reader will understand that the delicate Mrs. Mallard transforms her grief into excitement over her newly discovered freedom that leads to her death. As Mrs. Mallard sorts through
Furthermore, the internal conflict that Mrs. Mallard faces is that she has the acute societal pressure to grieve for her husband, she is glad to be “free.” Mrs. Mallard does not want to be coupled up at home being Mr. Mallard’s home maker and widows although acceptable are not societally required to be remarried. She rejoices in her freedom, looks forward to being a widow, and plans to live her life to the fullest. The characters soon realize that Mr. Brenton Mallard is alive when he walks through the
Kate Chopin was born named Catherine O’Flaherty in St.Louis on February 8, 1850. Chopin was brought up in a home dominated by women. Her father, a successful Irish businessman died when she was five years old. Her mother was Eliza Faris came from a old French family that lived closely to St.Louis. Chopin spent her childhood in a attic constantly reading new books as well as being told stories about her great-great-grandmother who was a very successful person. Chopin had high hopes as being as or
manipulating truth in one way or another, and this idea is seen in Flannery O Connor’s, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and Kate Chopin’s, The Story of an Hour. The way a theme enhances narrative, the way symbols effect readers and the way language explores characters will be discussed in this paper. Flannery O Connor heavily depends upon themes and symbols to define her narrative. A Good Man Is Hard to Find encapsulates ideas of southern gothic fiction, where unexplainable events happen to peculiar people