The Story of an Hour Analysis
“The Story of an Hour” is a short story that leaves the reader with manyunanswered questions about what is going on in the story. Although what is going on in the story is unclear at times, the author really gets inside the mind of the main character, Louise Mallard, who is the wife of Brently Mallard. Brently is apparently killed in a gruesome train wreck, but then later comes back suprising her to death, literally. She dies of a heart attack at the sight of him. This story also leaves the reader with many unknown facts about time period, theme, and background of characters. Although it is hard at first to predict whether the author is male or female, there are certain significant aspects of the story that help the reader decide that the author is female. The reader sees that Louise, after she learns of her husband’s untimely death, does not seem to be showing her sadness very much, and is saying repeatedly that she is free from something. This shows that even though she is somewhat upset t
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Approximate Word count = 704
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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