short stories regarding different points such as differences in characterizations and their development through the story. The short stories that has been chosen for this paper are Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. 1. About the short stories 1.1. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Written by Kate Chopin, this short story was first published by Vogue magazine in 1894. The story was published under the title, “The Dream of an hour”. It was
Voltaire once said, “Man is free at the moment he wishes to be” (“Voltaire Quotes”, n.d.). Freedom is something everyone wishes for at least once in their life. Perhaps one wishes for freedom from school or a job, or maybe freedom from someone or one’s self. No matter the case, freedom is highly sought after, or even a necessity is some cases. Before modern times, women did not have as much freedom. They would be forced to marry a man they more than likely did not love, and have to listen to his
most of their lives, and society considered them unequal to men. The authors Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Susan Glaspell wrote about the suppression of women during this time, exposing the unequal treatment that they suffered. Their literary works contain common themes of freedom from the discrimination and harsh treatment of male figures that played a prominent role throughout their lives. In these stories, the main characters freed themselves from unhappy marriages, the inability to
The Story of an Hour’s Messages “The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin, a recognized author, wrote about the judgments of a woman after she was told that her husband has died in an accident. The story was written in 1894, it was published in Vogue and is now one of Chopin’s most popular work. The title of the short story refers to the time passed between the moments at which the hero, Louise Mallard, heard that her husband is dead and finds out that he is alive. Chopin in
which mainly included the well being of their husband. Women lacked the freedom and independence they not only wanted but needed due to a society run patriarchal views that hindered the growth of women. Not only were they expected to reside in the home but women were also tied down through marriage with the expectation of blindly following their husband without challenging their authority. Kate Chopin’s short story, “Story of an Hour”, uncovers the chilling truth of how women were perceived to have longed