They view her as someone who constantly needs special attention, and they never allows her to be her own person. ... It is if a woman cannot function with out her husband. ... This death caused her to examine herself and to view her life with out her husband. ... This story has many themes. ... When she leaves the confines of her room, "she [carries] herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory- (149). ...
"The Story Of An Hour" Kate Choplin Theme In "The Story Of An Hour," Kate Choplin suggests that in certain situations, the death of a loved one may be a blessing or the marriage may be a prison sentence to some. ... Point Of View We experience the joy Louise Mallard felt upon hearing of her husband's death through third person narration. ... Immediately after hearing the news, Louise starts crying, and storms into her room. Since Louise spends the majority of the short story in her room, this the main setting of the story. ... She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her ...
When locked in her room she looks out of the window and sees "trees that were all aquiver with new spring life" (Chopin 15). ... Along with symbolism, Chopin also uses irony throughout the story to prove to the audience her theme. ... Most women and mainly wives always need something else there to help with their problem with the heart, love. ... These views by society untimely erase feminine views and desires. ... Mallard is not content with her marriage but can not do anything about it. ...
In marriage the husband could be viewed as the warden and the wife as the inmate. ... The wife is a creative spirit with her own ideas and thoughts, which she tries on numerous occasions to express to the husband only for him to view the ideas as insignificant and reply "blessed little goose." ... The writings in the wife's journals and the symbolic description of the wallpaper show the rising theme of feminism. ... "I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. ... "It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around as I please." ...
The author uses characterization, to appeal to the reader's senses, thoughts, and feelings, to develop the theme of a nineteenth century woman's desire for equal rights. ... Mallard to other women was the desire to be alone in her room when most would turn to family and friends for comfort. ... She acknowledges to herself that when she views the body she will weep again. ... She views the bending of her will as an "act" "no less a crime" (14). Chopin begins the story with the fact of Mrs. ...
