Oppression of Women
Oppression of women in the 1800’s was commonplace. Women were not given the right to freedom nor to express individual thoughts and views. Women were seen as property rather than human beings. In Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour, she demonstrates through Louise Mallard the struggles she must overcome from a loveless marriage and an unfulfilled life. Louise experiences longing from barriers that her husband, marriage and society have placed on her need for individualism, escape from guilt and pleasure for life. Individualism gives people an identity, a sense of who one is. It gives one choices and allows one to be unique. Louise longs for her own individualism and to make her own choices. After hearing the news of her husbands death, Louise feels released from the ties that bind, to pursue her own free will when the story states “ there would be no one to live for her during these coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in a blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature”. Louise believes regardless of ones intentions, whether cruel or kind, is a crime none the less. Louise’s lack of identity is person
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Approximate Word count = 930
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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