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The Story of An Hour
Title: The Story of An Hour
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1246 | Pages: 5.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Story of An Hour
In 1894, Kate Chopin wrote, ”The Story of an Hour.” In this fictional tale the author describes the experience of Louise Mallard, a woman with heart trouble, immediately after receiving news of her husbands death. Unlike the expected reaction, Louise actually has a moment of relief realizing the freedoms she now has, which were taken from her by an unhappy marriage. All the events of the story take place within an hour in Louise’s home. …showed first 75 words of 1246 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1246 total…of the text I am convinced that Louise’s reaction to seeing her husband was still alive, was complete disappointment rather than joy. It was all her newfound hopes and dreams of a future of happiness destroyed due to the fact she would still be a wife. Just as Josephine was wrong about what Louise was going through in the bedroom, the doctors were wrong by saying she died of “a joy that kills.”(pg.14)
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