The story of an hour

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The aspirations and expectations of freedom can lead to

both overwhelming revelations and melancholy destruction. In

Kate Chopin's " The Story of an Hour" Louise Mallard is

stricken with the news of her husband's "death" and soon

lead to new found glory of her freedom and then complete

catastrophe in the death of herself. Chopin's use of irony

and the fluctuation in tone present the idea that freedom

can be given or taken away without question and can kill

After learning of her husband's death in a

railroad disaster, Mrs. Mallard sinks into a deep state of

grief, as one would be expected to do upon receiving such

news. "She wept at once, with sudden, wi

Approximate Word count = 462
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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