The-story-of-an-hour-(final)

SettingsContentofthestoryWritingskillsKATECHOPINAWomanAheadOfHerTime•Feminismisacollectionofmovementsaimedatdefining,establishing,anddefendingequalpolitical,economic,andsocialrightsforwomen.Inaddition,feminismseekstoestablishequalopportunitiesforwomenineducationandemployment.Feminismmeans:FreedomPursuinggenderequalityinman-dominatedsocietyexceptionalopennessabouthumansexuality.Fourpartsofthestory1.Exposition:Para1-2Mrs.Mallardwastoldthatherhusband,BrentlyMallard,hadbeendeadintherailroaddisaster.2.Elaboration:Para3-7Mrs.Mallardwassosadatthenewsthatsheweptinhersister’sarms.Thenshewentawaytoherroomalone,andsatinthearmchair,quitemotionless,exceptasobcameupintoherthroatandshookher.3.Climax:Para8-20Shewaswaitingforsomethingcomingtoherandthenrealizeditwasfreedom.Shefoundsomethingmoreimportantthanherinsipidlife—free.Bothbodyandsoularefree.4.Denouement:Para21-23Mrs.Mallarddiedofheartdiseasesuddenlywhenseeingherhusbandgobackhome.Fourcharactersinthestory•Mrs.Mallard•JosephineMrs.Mallard’ssister•RichardsAfriendwhotoldthemthenewsthatherhusbandwasdead.•BrentlyMallardMrs.Mallard’shusbandAntagonistsFlatcharactersMrs.Mallardprotagonist&roundcharacter•Directcharacterization:•Indirectcharacterization:“Shewasyoung,withafair,calmface,whoselinesbespokerepressionandevenacertainstrength.”(para8)“Sheweptatonce,withsudden,wildabandonment,inhersister‘sarms.Whenthestormofgriefhadspentitselfshewentawaytoherroomalone.Shewouldhavenoonefollowher.”(para3)“Shesatwithherheadthrownbackuponthecushionofthechair,quitemotionless,exceptwhenasobcameupintoherthroatandshookher,asachildwhohascrieditselftosleepcontinuestosobinitsdreams.”(para7)“Shesaiditoverandoverunderherbreath:free,free,free!Thevacantstareandthelookofterrorthathadfolloweditwentfromhereyes.Theystayedkeenandbright.Herpulsesbeatfast,andthecoursingbloodwarmedandrelaxedeveryinchofherbody.”(para11)“‘Free!Bodyandsoulfree!’shekeptwhispering.”(para16)……FeverishSorrowfulThepsychologicalchangesofMrs.Mallard:0102030405060708090100ExpositionElaborationClimaxDemouenmentthepsychologicalchanges0102030405060708090100ExpositionElaborationClimaxDemouenmentthepsychologicalchangesFeverishSorrowfulThepsychologicalchangesofMrs.Mallard:ThepsychologicalchangesofMrs.Mallard:FeverishSorrowful0102030405060708090100ExpositionElaborationClimaxDemouenmentthepsychologicalchangesThepsychologicalchangesofMrs.Mallard:0102030405060708090100ExpositionElaborationClimaxDemouenmentthepsychologicalchangesFeverishSorrowfulFourpartsofthestory:1.Exposition:Para1-2Mrs.Mallardwastoldthatherhusband,BrentlyMallard,hadbeendeadintherailroaddisaster.2.Elaboration:Para3-7Mrs.Mallardwassosadatthenewsthatsheweptinhersister’sarms.Thenshewentawaytoherroomalone,andsatinthearmchair,quitemotionless,expectasobcameupintoherthroatandshookher.3.Climax:Para8-20Shewaswaitingforsomethingcomingtoherandthenrealizeditwasfreedom.Shefoundsomethingmoreimportantthanherinsipidlife—free.Bothbodyandsoularefree.4.Denouement:Para21-23Mrs.Mallarddiedofheartdiseasesuddenlywhenseeingherhusbandgobackhome.Theme•1.Womenbecameawareoftheirownidentityinman–dominatedmarriage.•2.Womencametofeelasenseoffreedomandgraduallytriedtopursueit.Narrator'spointofviewanomniscientthird-personnarrator•enableusreaderstoseeeverythingindetailratherthanbelimitedtotheprotagonist'spointofview•showintegratedplotsandmultidimensionalcharactersMrs.Mallard'shealthcondition(para1)hercontroversialperceptionoflove(para13)herfrustratingmarriage(para13)AllthathappenedtoMrs.Mallardafterhearingherhusband'sdeathbecomeunderstandableandreasonable.ThesuddenchangeofplotsSuddenchangeofplotsisawritingtechniquewidelyusedinnovels,dramas,especiallytragedies.AnditsfirstusecandatebacktoAncientGreece,whenAristotle,agreatphilosopheratthattime,speciallydiscussedthisskillinhisPoetics.Hepointedoutthatsuddenturnmeantactionsoppositetowhatwecalledtheprincipleofsteering.KateChopinalsointroducedaplotchangeintothisshortstory.ThedeathofMr.Mallardledthewholestoryhappen.Butjustwhentheplotreachestheclimax,theunbelievableappearanceofhimendsthestory,whichtotallyastonishesusandsolvesallthedoubtsleftintheverybeginning.Functionofthiswritingskill•catchtheeyesofthereaders•makethestorymoreattractive,dynamicandvaried.Contrast•BetweenCharacters•WithinMrs.MallardHint•Heartdisease•RichardonlytakenthetimetoassurehimselfofitstruthbyasecondtelegramSymbolism•SpringPara.4:newspringlifedeliciousbreathofairapeddlercryinghiswaresfaintdistantsongtwitteringsparrowsPara5:fixedonblueskyasuspensionofintelligentthoughtPara7:reachingtowardherthroughthesounds,thescents,thecolorthatfilledtheair.Para16:drinkinginaveryelixiroflifethroughthatopenwindow.(hint:springair=aelixiroflife)•SpringsymbolizesanewbeginningforMrs.Mallard.ItrepresentsthelifelivingforMrs.MallardherselfandthatiswhatMrs.Mallardgainsasawidow.•Springcomesafterwinter.Winterissymbolicallyadepressing,coldandisolatedseason.AssumedthatwinterrepresentedthelifeaftershewasmarriedtoherMr.Mallard,springisasymboloffreedom,hopeandvitalityinthestory.•Heartdisease:Noonewillneverknowthattheoverwhelmingemo