Not all authors" lives are reflected in their writing but Kate Chopin's life influenced and paralleled events in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," featured in Michael Meyer's The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. ... Chopin gained knowledge and developed her own beliefs from these stories, in which she would later express in her writing. ... Her family doctor "encouraged her to write short stories as a form of therapy" (Classic Lit). ... Mallard's character in "The Story of an Hour" can be paralleled to particular events in the author's life, Chopin. .....

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Isolation, loneliness and alienation; these are three important themes in the short stories, "The Story of an Hour", "Eveline" and "A Rose for Emily. ... In discussing these three stories I shall provide examples of how each of the main characters from the aforementioned short stories share the same characteristics of loneliness and isolation; each trapped in their own particular set of circumstances. ... In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the author portrays how someone can be trapped in an unproductive and unsatisfying reality because of other's...

• Word Count: 986
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School