In the short story “the story of an hour’ Mrs. Mullard died of shock. She was so happy her husband died that when she found out he survived she went in shock. Sometimes losing someone isn’t always sad, she might have felt so trapped that she felt free hearing he was gone. You can tell by the way she expresses herself about the situation, the theme of the story is that sometimes the pain and happiness isn’t always the same. She died of shock, knowing that she would have to live with him for the rest of their lives.
It’s so ironic that she dies knowing her husband didn’t die. We all have lost someone in our lives. But to feel joy or happiness when they are gone I’m guessing it’s only for the people we dislike. But even at that I wouldn’t feel
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Sometimes they people you love the most are the ones who hurt you the most, At the end of the day the people who you care for the most are the ones who would miss you less. Never treat someone like they don’t mean anything because at the end of the day that’s how they will treat you. And honestly it’s nothing good. There is many reasons why someone can feel trapped see you may think the person you are with loves you or doesn’t find you annoying but reality they hate you with all their soul. Many have this myth that if the person you love doesn’t drive you crazy then you have the wrong one. Lord I think that is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in my entire life. See when you love someone losing them should be the most painful thing that happens in your life but in this case the shock of her husband not dying it literally killed her, how do you hate someone so much that losing them causes you happiness? Maybe her husband mistreated her or abused her. Women back then were really neglected and didn’t get treated …show more content…
Or they are scared to be alone or just who will provide for them. This story represents all of these women the suffering they go through. Honestly it’s sad, how only death can be the end of the suffering or that of being trapped. For example all the women who get beat, the stay because they fear being alone, they don’t want be there but they have to stay because they fear being alone, or not being able to support their families. It’s really sad how women depend on men. We are individuals we deserve to be happy, and sometimes that happiness isn’t by a man’s side. Some women can’t and won’t see how much this affects women in general. We are all equal we deserve to be treated with respect and love. Our opinions should be considered the same way the males are. Sometimes women forget that men aren’t always right and that we all have the right to leave or to speak up about our pain and what we don’t like. It was too late for Mrs. Mullard but maybe for the rest of these women it might not. So if you know someone who is going through similar things let them know that they can speak up it’s your choice your life. Never let what other people think make you unhappy, because at the end of the day the only one who will regret it, will be you and only you. The point of the story is to be who you want to be do what you want to do because at the end of the day the only one who will suffer is you. So just do what you have to do
... excited about what she will finally be able to do with her life. She actually understood that she will finally be able to live for herself, but she finds out he is not dead her grief comes back as is what kills her. How sad can that be for these women to feel that they have no other option out of their marriage.
In the Woods are related to each other through various similarities. Both describe a woman with despair and misery. Kate Chopin had experienced the same situation that was told in the short story. They also portray a situation that women go through and in many cases that they never get out of. Through the metaphor of color and the use of literary technique and images portrayed a sense of elation and a subtle depression.
This is a story of a series of events that happen within an hour to a woman named Louise Mallard. Louise is a housewife who learns her husband has died in a train accident. Feeling joy about being free she starts seeing life in a different way. That is until at the end of the story she sees her husband well and alive. She cries at the sight of him and dies. The story ends with a doctor saying “she had died of a heart disease—of the joy that kills” (Chopin). Even though the story doesn’t describe Louise doing chores at the house like in The Storm we know that she was a good wife because of the way she reacts when she learns that her husband is dead. Louise gets described as “young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength” (Chopin). From this line we get a bit of insight into her marriage and herself. We get the idea that she wasn’t happy being married to her husband but still remained with him and did her duties as she was supposed to. In reality her being a good wife was all an act to fit in society’s expectations of a woman being domestic and submissive. As she spend more time in her room alone thinking about her dead husband she realizes life would finally be different for her. She knows that “there would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself” (Chopin) For a long time in
3. My age and social economic status does limit my perspective on this story from lack of many experiences, but I do relate to loss and shock from one particularly challenging incident in my life about three years ago. It messed with my mind more than my heart. Throughout the entire story it seemed that the main character, Ms. Mallard, had not been emotionally present. Her husband’s death and reappearance was clearly a trigger to whatever hidden feelings that she had manifested in her shocking death related to their time spent together. As a young male, I find that true feelings are really hard to display in a society that expects you to behave a specific way under certain unwritten codes. Living in a modern world where women with economic
In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, is a clear example of how Mrs. Mallard will not recognize that she feels like a prisoner, but the moment she knows that her husband is “dying”, she feels freedom instead of sadness. Mrs. Mallard has a heart disease and Richards try to tell her the news carefully so she won’t suffer an attack. The house is her place but she feels like a prisoner and after the news she feels like is she is release from the house. She is happy but when she sees her husband on the door she feel like everything will go back to the way it was. Mrs. Mallard is a women with thoughts about her freedom, she will imagine about what she will ever want, she will look outside the window and look at the new life. explore the men’s world.
Why do women choose to live in abusive and miserable relationships? Instead of taking actions and strive for happy life, women choose to stay silent. They have all the power to go against self-empowered men, but most of women renounce action. There are certain obstacle created by society and especially men that make it harder for women to stand up for themselves. The following articles explore and elucidate the idea of women’s silence and timidness to act. John Berger in his article “The Ways of Seeing” indicates women and men’s roles appearance in society and towards each other. The writer introduces the concept of surveyed and surveyor, where men play a role of an observant and women are an item that they observe. In the article “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” Audre Lorde discusses the importance of speaking out in order to show your true self. Silence only increases anxiety and feeling of oppression. The inspiring story in the excerpt “The Church and Slavery” by Harriet Jacobs tells us about slaves fighting for there freedom and equality through gaining knowledge of reading and writing. A lot of risks were taken to overcome the control of white man and oppression, but in the end those risks brought the start to the better future. Very illustrating and encouraging poster “You Body is a Battleground” shows the conflict that goes within abused women The light side of the poster shows the masked life of abused women, who pretend to live a happy life for others. The dark side illustrates women true feelings and emotions. The colors black, white and red, which were chosen by the artist Barbara Kruger connects us more to the poster, and makes us, share the pain of abused women. In the article “Once classroo...
It is this selfishness that makes it hard for the reader to be empathetic towards her later in the play, as it is evident in this scene that her hardships were brought on by herself. If she hadn’t insisted on the murder, she would not be driven insane by guilt, which would eventually lead to her death.... ... middle of paper ... ... As we saw, it was plaguing her dreams, and taking a heavy toll on her mental health.
In "The Story of an Hour" Kate Chopin tells the story of a woman, Mrs. Mallard whose husband is thought to be dead. Throughout the story Chopin describes the emotions Mrs. Mallard felt about the news of her husband's death. However, the strong emotions she felt were not despair or sadness, they were something else. In a way she was relieved more than she was upset, and almost rejoiced in the thought of her husband no longer living. In using different literary elements throughout the story, Chopin conveys this to us on more than one occasion.
Unfortunately, her hope for long years and many beautiful spring days was abruptly ended in an ironic twist. Unbeknownst to herself and her company, Mr. Mallard had survived, and within an hour the promises of a bright future for Mrs. Mallard had both began and came to an end. Her grievous death was misconstrued as joy to the others: "they said she had died of heart disease-of joy that kills" (Chopin 471). This statement embodies the distorted misconception that a woman lives only for her man. The audience, in fact, sees just the opposite. To Louise her life was elongated at the news of her husband's death, not cut short. Throughout the story, one hopes Louise will gain her freedom. Ironically, she is granted freedom, but only in death.
The deceased wife appeared to be completely perfect and caring. She smiled to everyone she talked to, like a kind woman should (My Last Duchess, lines 43-45). She also seems to be a very happy and joyous woman with no flaws (My Last Duchess, Lines 13-15). She was a beautiful soul who seemed to love everyone, which is why she was not as perfect as she seemed to be to the world.
Everyone has someone that they love and to see them go is a horrible feeling. At the end of the book the queen dies, and when Macbeth finds out, he is devastated and does not know what to do. Macbeth says there is no meaning for life anymore and wants to kill himself. This death shows how much it hurts to lose someone, Macbeth gets to the point where he wanted to kill someone. “She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle. Lives but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing” (page 177-179). This is the quote said by Macbeth after he finds out that the queen dies. Losing a loved one will break you down to a person you have never
“The Story of an Hour” was a story set in a time dominated by men. During this time women were dependent on men, but they always dreamed of freedom. Most people still think that men should be dominant and in control. They think that without men, women can’t do anything and that they can’t be happy. Well this story has a twist.
When a couple say the words “till death do us part” it is an unbreakable bond that only death can break. Ironically, this is the case in the Story of an Hour. When Louise believed that her husband had passed away she cried hysterically however, not with sadness but, with joy. “She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.” (Gioia, 157). It’s obvious that at this moment she felt relieved or like a weight had been lifted off her shoulder. This is due to the fact that since she is ill, she has to be taken care of, and because of that she is mostly confined to her room. However, in this case, she has never felt more alive. In fact, her heart began beating faster and pumping more warm blood throughout her body allowing her to relax. At this moment she is literally being physically freed from her marriage. She now can live for herself with no one to hold her back from her passions or wishes. Even before Louise began
There are many stories with twists and turns, and you never truly know what happens until you live it yourself. One story that has a twist in the plot is The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. The story is about a lady whose husband is believed to be dead; but, in all actuality he is not. In addition, she is happy that he is dead until she finds out that he is alive. The theme is how she gave up on life until she heard the death of her husband, she then had her life to look forward to until she finds out he is alive and it shock her so much and she died.
In the short story, “The Story of an Hour,” author Kate Chopin presents the character of Mrs. Louis Mallard. She is an unhappy woman trapped in her discontented marriage. Unable to assert herself or extricate herself from the relationship, she endures it. The news of the presumed death of her husband comes as a great relief to her, and for a brief moment she experiences the joys of a liberated life from the repressed relationship with her husband. The relief, however, is short lived. The shock of seeing him alive is too much for her bear and she dies. The meaning of life and death take on opposite meaning for Mrs. Mallard in her marriage because she lacked the courage to stand up for herself.