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بيان شفاهي داستان( oral reproduction of stories)

The story of an hour

This paper explains that "The Story of an Hour", written in 1894, by Kate Chopin could be the story of any married woman in the days when divorce was only possible if the woman could prove adultery and always attached a social stigma that made the woman "a grass widow". The author points out that Kate Chopin (1851-1904) didn't start writing until after her husband died; therefore, the story may express her own experience and feelings about the lack of freedom for married women. The paper concludes that the ending is ironic because the reader knows that the protagonist Louise Mallard didn't die of the "joy that kills" but rather she couldn't go back to being the woman she had been before her enlightenment.

After reading The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin I was shocked by the development and the ending of the story. Chopin starts the story by simply describing Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to the death of her husband Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard was “afflicted with a heart trouble”; therefore, she was uneasy in accepting the news of her husband’s death and also causes her family to worry about her health. She “wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms”; however, when the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.” At this point of the story, I felt pitiful for Mrs. Mallard’s lost. She is extremely sad about the fact that her husband died.

Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" is a sad tale of a woman trying to escape her future. The ironic story of Louise Mallard is hard to understand without understanding the relationship with her husband, Brently Mallard. The Mallards were a typical couple of that time, loving and repressive.

Brently and Louise was a typical couple that loved each other. This wasn’t your typical nineties marriage. Chopin wrote a great story where each word is deep in meaning. The reader realizes that this isn’t a contemporary story by the way the first paragraph is written. The telegraph and the railroad are the evidence of this being none contemporary story. The next thing a reader observes is the way Chopin introduces the characters, for example Mrs. Mallard is called by her husband’s last name meanwhile her husband is called by his full name.

Mrs. Mallard is a typical house wife. It seems that she has grown accustomed to her husband and stayed with him because of the tradition and comfort her society has created. As the story opens, the reader finds out that Mr. Mallard has been killed in an accident. This news is delivered to his wife, who has a medical heart condition, very carefully by her sister Josephine and than verified by Richard.

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Brently and Louis lived a life that was accepted by the society. They shared a home and a marriage that was dignified by the people around them. Brently loved his wife and Louisa returned the favor sometimes. Brently was a man of the household and he liked his life and his wife. On the other hand, Louisa didn’t share those feelings. Louisa wanted to express herself and be a free person. But that wasn’t allowed by the society they lived in. No matter how perfect the Mallards lived, Louis wanted to be her own person and carry on her own life.