Kate Chopin The Story Of An Hour FREEDOM
FREEDOM Kate Chopin’s “the Story of an Hour” is a story of the power of freedom. Freedom means many things to many people. The Protagonist’s deepest wish is for freedom and Chopin is able to embed both the desire and the attainment of freedom within her use of metaphors and symbols. Kate Chopin uses nature and Mrs. ... The first sentence of the story is “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afficted with heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (Chopin 87). Chopin uses the phrase “a heart trouble” not telling us what or why. ... Chopin allows us to decide which it is. ... Mallard experiences resignedness of her initial greif, she goes into the room and makes her way to the window, a place I believe she has spent many an hour imagining a different type of life.