Story Of An Hour Literary Analysis Essay

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In certain writings, characters are explored with precision, just like Louise was in The Story Of An Hour, by Kate Chopin, yet there is still room for the reader to say why that certain character was the way they were. Some character are not as thoroughly described as others, just like Brently, Louise’s husband. With all that has been said about Louise and her cries of freedom, readers can interpret why she had never felt free as she did on that day. For Brently, much can be imagined by the reader about why in his care, his wife still felt in captivity and needed to pray about having a short life. Louise was portrayed by Chopin as a woman is deep suffering from her marriage. Although this was not openly stated, we realize this because of her lack of optimism toward her married life. She was praying for her life to be a short one. She reached such a point that she welcomed death with an open heart. As soon as she found out her husband had perished, she weeped for a moment because of the shock, but then felt relieved and as she stated herself, "Free! Body and soul free!" (Chopin 2). This was in response to realizing that she had been freed from her marriage …show more content…

Louise in The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin was discussed in depth, but was never really openly stating why she was unhappy or what caused her marriage to be such a burden for her. With the information provided on her in the reading, one can say that it is the feeling of captivity that cause her to be so miserable she wanted to die. For Brently, her husband, not much is said about him other than the fact that he was kind and loving, which leaves the reader assuming that it was the roles society attributed to men and women at the time that caused him to behave the way he did causing Louise to be so unhappy to be in that

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