An author's style has very much influence on the development of the story. Style is simply the use of language, setting, atmosphere, or mood used by the writer to give the reader the full picture. In "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm", Kate Chopin creates an atmosphere so intense that it can almost be considered a character in itself.
In "The Story of an Hour", after Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband's death, she retreats to her room. This is where Chopin goes to work creating an atmosphere. For example, "the tops of trees that were all aquiver with new spring life", "delicious breath of rain", and "sparrows twittering in the eaves"; this use of imagery allows us to see exactly as Mrs. Mallard does. There is also another line in the story that seems to be very significant; "There was something coming to her.She felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air." This is where the story comes alive and Mrs. Mallard reaches her epiphany. Without Chopin's creation of atmosphere and mood, the rest of the story would not make much sense.
"The Storm" is another of Chopin's stories in which the atmosphere she has created is imperative to the development of the story. In the beginning, certain phrases like "sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister intention" and "it shook the wooden store and seemed to be ripping great furrows in the distant fields," are used to create the atmosphere. Chopin's use of personification brings the storm to life. The action in the story seems to follow right along with the course of the storm. It is rather obvious that this story could not even take place without Chopin's manufactured atmosphere.
In both, "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm", Kate Chopin has gone to great lengths to make each part of her story essential. In both stories, not only does the setting almost take on the role of a character, but without the setting, the plot and action of each could not have occurred has intended.
Kate O'Flaherty Chopin was raised in St. ... No longer Eliza O'Flaherty's daughter or Oscar Chopin's wife, Kate Chopin was forced to find a new role for herself. ... A few key figures in her life influenced Chopin to write. ... Pontellier could never give her. ... The reactions to her writing gives an impression of the way of life was when the critics read her stories. ...
Katherine O"Flaherty Chopin The Life and Literary Works Literature is often used as a devise to express opinions and ideas that are socially unacceptable. ... On June 9, 1870, Kate O"Flaherty married Oscar Chopin of Louisiana in St. ... This story set the tone for the rest of her career, giving her an edge that most authors do not want. ... But the affects of the scandalous story remained; Chopin continued to write but could not sell her stories. ... Kate Chopin never published another piece of work before her death on August 22, 1904. ...
In Kate Chopin's short story "The Storm" it is used as an omen, as well as perhaps despair, but it adds a different element to this story as well; it seems to be a force, perhaps destiny, perhaps a life in itself. ... Kate Chopin describes the forthcoming storm as "sinister"(139). ... As the story progresses, so does the embrace. ... Kate Chopin now describes it as "crashing torrents [of rain], and the roar of the elements" (141). ... Kate Chopin's most revealing line is perhaps the last, " So the storm passed and everyone was happy." (142). ...
Kate Chopin's main character, Louise Mallard, is an ordinary housewife who has a heart condition. ... (Chopin 446) Kate Chopin is known for writing controversial works in a time when they were not accepted. ... Kate Chopin foreshadows Louise's strange feelings about her husband's death right from the start. ... Kate Chopin used the events in this story to describe her life quite possibly more than any other work she has ever done. ... Kate Chopin chose to never remarry after her husband's death along with most of the women in her family. ...
American author Kate Chopin has written two published novels and over a hundred short stories. ... Throughout her life, Kate Chopin has searched for female emancipation. ... Web. 27 Apr. 2014 Kate Chopin is the author of some of the boldest stories written in American before the 1960's. ... This article gives decent background information about Kate Chopin and can assist the reader to better understand the intentions of her works. ... The sexual affair is not described blatantly in the story, perhaps, because of the social standards that are related to relationships in Kate Chopin's...
Kate Chopin's Symbolic Use of Nature Kate Chopin uses nature and symbolism throughout her three short stories. ... Chopin's use of spring carries over to "The Story of an Hour". ... However at the conclusion of the story Chopin uses irony that is not found in her other two stories. ... In the end she gives into his touch just as a levee would to too much water. ... Overall Chopin's use of nature to symbolize her characters" emotions give her three stories an interesting appeal. ...
Kate Chopin: "The Storm" Kate Chopin lived from 1851 until 1904. ... At this point, Chopin takes a little time from the action of the story to give a description of the house and especially the bedroom. ... Chopin is giving a sort of 'hook' for the rest of the story by giving these precise descriptions of the bedroom. ... Near the end of the story, the reader is allowed a glimpse of Alcee and his actual life. ... Kate Chopin was a great writer who wasn't truly appreciated until years after her death. ...
Kate Chopin'sThe Storm? ... The story, which takes place in the early 1900's, features Calixta as a dutiful housewife, devoted to her family, not at all unhappy with her life. ... gives into the temptation that accompanies Alcee. ... Symbolism, structure and diction were techniques used by Kate Chopin inThe Storm? ... Chopin's tone of approval is clearly conveyed with the techniques used throughout this short story of the raging storms in Mother Nature, and those in us. ...
In "The Story of an Hour- by Kate Chopin, structure plays a significant role. ... Chopin immediately begins the story with inciting action, the death of Mrs. ... The minor climax is when she gives in and abandons her fight. ... "She was drinking in the very elixir of life through that open window- (Chopin, 2). ... Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour- is a short story where structure plays a key role in the development of plot. ...