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Plot: Narrative/Point of View: Character(s):

Louise Mallard, the main character Third Person (Omniscient) Louise Mallard: wife of Brently
and wife; she learns of the news that - narrator not included in the story Mallard, the main character, secretly
her husband died in a train accident. - Narrator keeps Mrs. Mallard as happy about Brentleys death,
Her sister tells her the news who sympathetic and understandable dreaming of this new life, has heart
learned it from Richard. Richard is - Readers know about the death problems
the friend of Brantley Mallard, the before Louise does
husband, he first learned of the news - Shows some of her thoughts, but Josephine (sister): sister of Louise,
while working at the newspaper reveals little emotion and does not tells Louise the news first
office. Louise had a mix of emotions, reveal why
she did cry and needed consoling Richard (husbands friend): works at
and then she had an inner happiness Theme(s): the newspaper office, learns of the
that she concealed. She went to her Marriage Trouble hints that there death from the newspaper office, is
room to be alone and stared out the could be since she was unhappy and there at the family home when
open window to be alone. She relieved when he died Louise learns of news
dreamed of her new life, her freedom
and independence, her new lust for Death supposed death of the Brently Mallard (husband):
life, what it would be like. She was husband and then the wife's death at supposedly killed in a train accident,
joyful. She finally comes out of her the end. Heart attack. mysterious, arrives home alive and
room after Josephine begs her and as unaware at the end of the story
she walks down the stairs Brentley Darkness and Lightness darkness is
comes through the front door. She is the two deaths in the story and the
so shocked and her grief and sadness and unhappy marriage.
unhappiness hits her all at once, she Lightness is when Brentley is actually
suffers a heart attack and dies. alive, and Louise dreamy and lustful
thoughts.
Setting: Diction Choices:
Newspaper Office Desire to escape her desire and Poetic style rhyming patterns, short
Mallards Home dreaming to escape from her and broken up sentences.
Open window scenery outside, unhappy reality of being married.
rainy road with trees looking onto the She dreams of her new independent, Alliteration and internal rhymes
street new, single life. composedly carrying
Symbolism/Figurative Language:
Forbidden Joy of Independence Repeated word open explains
concealing her grief and sadness and Louise new lust for life, dreaming,
happy for her new freedom of thoughts, being carefree and her
independence freedom (the open window is
symbolic)
Oppressiveness of Marriage the
story hides if the Mallards had Short structure heightens the intense
marriages problems or if Louise hour
suffered abuse, it was obvious she Made up of a series of short
wasn't happy and was relieved when paragraphs
she found out she was now alone and Weird phrasing like contradiction
didn't have to deal with the marriage great core was taken to break her as
no more. gently as possible
Heart Trouble hints are given
throughout the story, stated in the
introduction and dies of heart attack
because of surprise and grief stricken
at the end.

"Open" - open window explaining


Louise new lust for a new life and her
dreams
Title: The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin

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