ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kate Chopin
15 Aug 2018
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The story of an hour kate chopin (93-95) [1] why is mrs. mallard"s heart disease introduced in the first sentence of the story: significance is fully realized when the shock of seeing her husband at the end of the story causes her death. [2] what are the daring themes of the story of an hour : louise"s joy over being released from her marriage through her husband"s death flouts the conventional expectations of the dutiful wife that were current in chopin"s time. In this sense, the story audaciously ironizes marriage. Brentley"s death signals louise"s rebirth: her public grief compared to her primate experience being not so grief-life, louise"s triumph is brief. The moment she accepts her freedom, she leaves her room; the moment she leaves her room, she loses her newly gained freedom. As she descends the stairs, her husband opens the front door and she is shocked to death: the doctor"s explanation is the final irony of the story.
