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Comparing Louise of The Story of an Hour and Nora of A Doll's House
In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," the main character is a woman who has been controlled and conformed to the norms of society. Louise Mallard has apparently given her entire life to assuring her husband's happiness while forfeiting her own. This truth is also apparent in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. In this story, Nora Helmer has also given her life to a man who has very little concern for her feelings or beliefs. Both of these characters live very lonely lives, and both have a desire to find out who they really are and also what they are capable of becoming. Although the characters of Nora and Louise are very much alike in many ways, their personalities differ greatly when it comes to making decisions regarding the direction of their lives.
Both Nora and Louise's lives have been shaped and molded to conform to their husbands' wishes. At the time these stories took place, it was basically unheard of for women to assert their beliefs or to act upon their ideas. As a result, Louise was forced to succumb to the role of an obedient wife, in order to abide by the norms of society. This is apparent because of the way she reacts when she learns of a false rumor regarding her husband's sudden death. While in deep thought, and staring out the window by herself, she has a sudden realization of complete happiness and total freedom. As she tries hard to repress these fresh, new feelings, she speaks the words, "free, free, free" (23)! These words help the audience to understand the repression she has been forced to withstand for many years. She feels sudden exhilaration as she reflects on what her new life will bring her. She speaks of the treatmen...
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...ay. “Freedom and Desire: The Theme of Awakening in the Works of Kate Chopin.”
Critical Interpretations: Kate Chopin. Ed. Harold Blooming. New York: Chelsea House, 1989. 14-32.
Chopin, Kate. "The Story of an Hour." Introduction to Literature: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing.2nd ed.
Ed. Dorothy U. Seyler and Richard A. Wilan. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice, 1990.
Durbach, Errol. A Doll's House: Ibsen's Myth of Transformation. Boston: Twayne, 1991.
Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House. Introduction to Literature: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing.2nd ed. Ed.
Dorothy U. Seyler and Richard A. Wilan. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice, 1990.
Salomé, Lou. Ibsen's Heroines. Ed. and trans. Siegfried Mandel. Redding Ridge: Black Swan, 1985.
Templeton, Joan. "The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism,and Ibsen." PMLA (January 1989): 28-40.
“Story of an Hour”, written by Kate Chopin presents a woman of the nineteenth century who is held back by societal constraints. The character, Louise Mallard, is left to believe that her husband has passed away. She quickly falls into a whirlwind of emotions as she sinks into her chair. Soon a sense of freedom overwhelms her body as she looks through the window of opportunity and times to come. She watches the world around her home run free as nature runs its course. Louise watches the blue sky as a rush of “monstrous joy” shoots through her veins (Chopin). She experiences a new sense of freedom. Although she sometimes loved her husband, his “death” breaks the chain that keeps her from experiencing a truly free life. Thoughts over times to
7. Jeff is loyal in character. An example is him not backing out of the war even knowing that his next step might be his last. Jeff reacts morally to situations, an example is when he did not want to be in the firing squad when they were about to shoot a spy from the rebels. The motivation for him to go to war was the bushwhackers attacking his family.
Deneau, Daniel P. "Chopin's the Story of an Hour." The Explicator 61.4 (2003): 210-3. ProQuest. Web. 3 Apr. 2014.
Throughout history, a woman's role is to be an obedient and respectful wife. Her main obligation is to support, serve, and live for her husband and children. In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Susan Glaspell's Trifles, two different women make a decision to take matters into their own hands by doing what they want to do, no matter what the outcome may be and in spite of what society thinks. These two women come from different homes and lead very different lives yet, these two women share similar situations--both are victims, both are seeking individuality, and initially, both women end up alone. There are many ways that Nora and Mrs. Wright differ. First of all, both come from completely different households. Nora's home is "tastefully [. . .] furnished" and always "pleasant"(917). She lives in a lavish home eating macaroons, drinking champagne, and hosting banquets. Nora often has guests at the house and there are even maids to watch her children. Her husband, Torvald, is often home and has guests over. On the other hand, Mrs. Wright's home is unpleasant, in an "abandoned farmhouse"(977) in a secluded area. Mrs. Wright seldom has company, nor does she have any children. She does not leave the house very often and her husband, Mr. Wright, wants no outside interference. Mr. Wright refuses to get a "party telephone"(978) because he enjoys his "peace and quiet"(978). It is obvious that these two women lead different lives with different types of people, yet they share similar situations that are not so obvious.
In The Story of an Hour, the main character, Mrs. Louise Mallard, is a young woman with a heart condition who learns of her husband’s untimely death in a railroad disaster. Instinctively weeping as any woman is expected to do upon learning of her husband’s death, she retires to her room to be left alone so she may collect her thoughts. However, the thoughts she collects are somewhat unexpected. Louise is conflicted with the feelings and emotions that are “approaching to possess her...” (Chopin 338). Unexpectedly, joy and happiness consume her with the epiphany she is “free, free, free!” (Chopin 338). Louise becomes more alive with the realization she will no longer be oppressed by the marriage as many women of her day were, and hopes for a long life when only the day prior, “…she had thought with a shudder that life may ...
Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Eds. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson, 2010. 261-263. Print.
In a sense, we have created a new Sodom in this world. You think that in Sodom, rape was illegal? You think in Sodom, that dignity and integrity was encouraged? You think that in Sodom, murder was a crime punishable by death? They have a similar philosophy with today’s: whatever works is OK; as long as you obey, what you do is OK; what is right doesn’t matter as you follow along with what we say
Chopin, Kate. "The Story of an Hour." Heritage of American Literature. Ed. James E. Miller. Vol. 2. Austin: Harcourt Brace Jovanich, 1991. 487. Print.
The objective of the creative project is to familiarize with the aspects of mise-en-scene by means of implementing them in a practical form. The creative project two will showcase how certain degree of changes made with respect to features of mise-en-scene can bring about a differentiation in genre and scenic atmosphere without any alterations brought about in the script. Following aspects such as settings, props, décor, actors, lighting, costume, makeup, space, time, and focusing on the rules that bind these commandments together, effort will be made to bring across authenticity in describing the genres as well as in the creation of scenic atmospheres.
Chopin, Kate. "The Story of an Hour." The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. 4th ed. Ed. Michael Meyer. Boston: St. Martins, 1997. 12-15.
We reached our destination; a small circle-like clearing in the middle of the grass. She immediately plopped down on the dusty, russet ground, dragging my arm- and me down with her.
Chopin, Kate. A. “The Story of an Hour.” Baym 1609-1611.
The law can be used to make companies have all the nutritional information of their products on the front so it’s the first thing people see and they can make sure that healthier food is provided and sold in particular settings (school canteens, workplaces, hospitals). They can also control how companies promote unhealthy foods.
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I went tu edvenci e ginirel knuwlidgi end eppricoeti thi odies on thos buuk whoch os guong tu hilp mi on thi fatari stady. Nuw I eppricoeti thi velai uf my idacetoun end I fiil provoligid tu bi ebli tu gu tu culligi. I biloivi mekong guud Dicosouns cuarsi mudalis end ectovotois eri ompectid un my idacetoun ceriir. Thi prublim sulvong end dicosoun-mekong eri votel skolls fur culligi end lofi. Thi prublim-sulvong friqaintly oncladis dicosoun-mekong end dicosoun-mekong os ebsulatily sognofocent fur menegong end gaodenci. Thiri eri mithuds end tichnoqais tu edvenci dicosoun-mekong end thi qaeloty uf dicosouns. Thi dicosoun-mekong os muri urdonery tu cunfodint cherectirs, su thisi piupli shuald imphesos muri un ompruvong thi qaeloty uf thior dicosouns. Piupli thet eri liss urdonery dicosoun-mekirs eri uftin ebli tu meki velai essissmints, bat thin niid tu bi muri crotocel on ectong apun thi essissmints medi.