Story Of An Hour Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Savonna Huff

Larissa Purvis

Eng. 112-500

1 November 2015

A Rhetorical Analysis of Kate Chopin

In her short story, “The Story of an Hour” this story was first written on April 19, 1894 published in vogue December 6th. It original title was “The Dream of an Hour”. Kate Chopin informs her readers of the struggles concerning women during the late 19th century, did Chopin so through her character Mrs. Mallard. She is an older lady with a heart condition whose needs and wants do not matter in her husband’s home. After receiving the news of her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard proceeds to her room where she grieves in an odd manner. Glancing out the window, she gathers her thoughts of sorrow and joy. When she later walked out of the room, she feels

Selena Jamil, a Professor at Prince Gorges Community College, had much to say about the emotions behind the main character, Mrs. Mallard in “The Story of an Hour”. Her perspective on the text explains how “Chopin rejects the tradition of attributing supremacy to the faculty or reason in the act of perception, and she attributes it instead to the faculty of emotion” (Jamil, 2009). Chopin, as the author of the short story, creates a topic of discussion, as Mrs. Mallard hurries to her room and shuts the door. Jamil also incorporates, “Chopin’s investigation of emotion clearly fits R.J. Dolan’s argument that emotion influences not simply attention, but also “pre-attentive processing”. In addition, she provides full works cited that allows investigation of

Her intended audience would most likely be college students, which is why the text is formatted in MLA as an analysis visual document. This text appeals to students enrolled in an English college course because it is an informational guide. The audience should be well aware of Mrs. Mallard’s potential loss and that she is unaware that his death is false, but what the audience is not aware of are the factual reasons for her death. Jamil titles the text “Emotions in The Story of an Hour” and uses formal vocabulary. This indicates that the audience should be on a slightly higher lexicon than your average reader.

Selina Jamil is profoundly intellectual and in touch with her feminine side. She addresses Mrs. Mallard’s emotions and the emotional motive behind Chopin, as if she has had experience with highly powered emotions. She forgets about Mrs. Mallards sister and Mr. Mallards friend still present in the home which in the text it appears that Mrs. Mallard is left alone after running to her room. The texts restrictions are there because the audience may not be woman only, and that some of the readers may not understand why she chose to restrain on the