Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
I found The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin compelling for several reasons. First, I initially thought that Mrs. Mallard was going to die once she got the notice of her husbands death, but she doesn't. She goes and cries and seem to have an eye opening epiphany. Through her grief she seems to find herself and make resolve with what life has handed her. I thought this would be a great triumph for her to grieve but ascend above her friends beliefs in her frailty. Of course her brief triumph over grief was very brief. But the ending may actually have been more liberating even though she died. She died happy that the person she loved so much was alive. As we all know it is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all. In Mrs. Mallards case she loved and lost than regained and left this world with a heart so full it burst.
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Mrs. Mallard did die happy, but only because she was finally able to get away from her controlling husband who didnt love her. when she thought that he was dead she was at her highest point because the world was now hers once again to conquer
ReplyDeleteThats an interesting view of it I think she did die happy in that way that she finally discovered the cause of her torment. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think that she was over come with the knowledge of her unhappiness that she died from too much joy. It's funny because it seems all backwards.
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