"The Story of an Hour"

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The paper discusses how "The Story of an Hour" tells about the final hour of a repressed woman's life. The paper portrays Louise Mallard's range of emotions in a span of an hour upon hearing about her husband's alleged death and then her shock and disappointment that he was actually still alive. The paper shows how she was a repressed woman who followed the dictates of her husband and of society too.

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"The story is about a woman with heart ailment who heard the news of her husband's death from her sister Josephine and his husband's friend, Richards. Josephine broke the news to her very gently because of her sensitive condition. Unlike other women who were in denial and having difficulty accepting the news upon hearing about their husbands' death, Mrs. Mallard accepted the news about her husband's death very graciously. She wept to her sister right away and locked herself up in her room after her grievance."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour: A Big Story in a Small Space." 123HelpMe.com. 2005. 123HelpMe.com. 2 May, 2007 <http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=6798>.
• Moramarco, Fred and Griswold, Jerry. "The Story of an Hour." English 220: An Introduction to Literature in an Age of Technology. 1996. San Diego State University. 2 May, 2007 <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/course/morgris/hour.html>.

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