Story Of An Hour Marriage Essay

Most writers utilize their works as an emotional release for how they feel about certain subjects. Kate Chopin was one such writer, who must have felt strongly about marriage. Marriage was a common theme in at least three of her short stories including, “The story of an hour,” “The Storm,” and “Desiree’s Baby”. Chopin depicts marriage in the most peculiar ways. In her writing of “The Story of an hour,” Chopin doesn’t directly say how Mrs. Mallard’s marriage was lousy, but Mrs. Mallards reaction to her husband’s demise, doesn’t follow the normal cycle of grieving. Mrs. Mallard had a face that “bespoke repression”, even though she was youthful. While many women receive the news of their husband’s death, it is shuddering to think that a woman would whisper the words “freedom” upon their lips within the hour of receiving such information. Perhaps, Mrs. Mallard had a self-sacrificing spirit and had always done whatever Mr. Mallard wanted to do. Light is shed on how women were viewed in the late 1800’s. No doubt many married women back then felt oppressed, but never verbally communicated how they

Some marriages are like a rotten egg. On the surface of an egg it may look perfectly normal, but once opened it’s clear that it is rotten to the core. Calixta took liberty to have coitus with a man to whom she was not married. Calixta created her own sexual freedom in a way. When a married couple has a kid and have been married for some time, it is easy for one or both of the spouses to feel less excitement. Calixta had a problematic situation because there were only two rooms in the entire house and they had a child. Chopin unintentionally shows how a beautiful arrangement like marriage can be marred by a lack of self-control. Calixta appears to have little remorse because when her affair is over and Alcee is leaving, she laughs as if she were the happiest person