Talk:The Story of an Hour

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Analysis section needs more added to it!

There are a lot of typos in the first section ...

The introduction seems needlessly "flowery". Killridemedly 09:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Summary

Kate Chopin’s short story Story of an Hour describes the series of emotions Louise Mallard endures after hearing the death of her husband, who was believed to have died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard suffers from heart problems and therefore her sister attempts to inform her of the horrific news in a gentle way. Mrs. Mallard locks herself in her room to immediately mourn the loss of her husband. However, she begins to feel an unexpected sense of exhilaration. "Free! Body and soul free!" is what she believes is a benefit of his death. At the end of the story, it is made known that her husband was not involved in the railroad disaster and her husband returns home. Seeing her husband causes Mrs. Mallard to suddenly die from her heart problems. All these events occur within a span of an hour, hence the title Story of an Hour. Gena.A (talk) 19:31, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism

Lawrence L Berkove, in his article "Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour,'" challenges that notion of Mrs. Mallard's death being a tragic one after she was finally freed from a constricting marriage. Berkove argues that this may not be the case, and that the "heroine" of the story may have instead been used as an immature egotist whose own extreme self assertion led to her own downfall. Berkove strongly contests the notion that Chopin intended for the views of the story's main character to coincide with those of the author. ^[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rusty1shackleford (talk • contribs) 21:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While many critics do believe that chopin's tale is about female liberation, in Lawrence Berkove's criticism he brings up several points that counter this theory. Berkove points out there is no significant evidence to suggest Mr. mallard was an awful husband. He then goes on to suggest possibly Mrs. Mallard may have been mentally ill.

[[User:weav219|weav219] (talk • contribs) 21:24, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^ Berkove, Lawrence L. "Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour.' ." American Literary Realism 32.2 (2000): 152-158. Web. 5 Nov 2010.

[1] Berkove, Lawrence L. "Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour.' ." American Literary Realism 32.2 (2000): 152-158. Web. 5 Nov 2010.

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