The-Analysis-of-The-Story-of-an-Hour对一小时故事的分析

Thestoryofanhourisaboutawomanwhogainedthe“precious”freedomwheninformedtheaccidentaldeathofherhusband,butdisappointedtodiewhenshesawherhusbandalive.Allthesethingshappenedwithinanhour.Iwillanalyzeitfromthesefourperspectives:figureofspeech,volatilityofemotion,environmentaldescriptionandthetheme.FigureofspeechInthisstory,writerusesseveralfiguresofspeechwhicharesospecificandvividthatreaderscouldeasilymakesenseofthestory.Takesymbolismandeuphemismforexample.“Therewassomethingcomingtoherandshewaswaitingforit…..shewasstrivingtobeatitback….”.Actually,“thisthing”referstothejoyorfreedomofherhusband’sdeath.Writer’ssubtlesymbolismtellsthewoman’srealfeelingeuphemistically.Andthissuspensecausesamysteriousveilthatreaderswillbeattractedtouncoverit.VolatilityofemotionIcountedcarefully.Women’semotionvariedabout6times.Theyare:suddenlysadweeping,calmingdown,feared,excited,joyful,disappointed.Inthewholestory,writerusesmostofhisinkdescribingthewomen’svolatilepsychologicalemotion,whichsucceedtoattractreader’sattentionandcontributedtothedevelopmentofthewholestory.EnvironmentaldescriptionAfterthewomanwentbacktoherroomalone,shesaw“thedeliciousbreathofrain”,“countlesssparrows’twittering”.Alltheseare“newspringlife”.Actually,thesearepleasantthingswhichseemunfitforthesadatmosphere.Buttheysignifya“newspringlife”ofthewoman.Allthesevividenvironmentaldescribesarethehintsforshadowingthelaterdevelopmentsofwoman’semotion.ThemeThisironicstoryreflectedwomen’sfreedomisshackledbymen.Womenareeagertogetridofit.Butitseemsthatwomenarealwaysbelongingtotheweakgroup.Sothethemeofthisstoryistoappealfeminism.