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Book Reports / Unexpected Sadness, Joy, negative marriage and freedom; The story of an Hour [2]
Unexpected Sadness, Joy, negative marriage and freedom.
In " The story of an Hour", it was obviously to see that Mrs. Louis Mallard, the main character, was mentally and physically crashed after receiving her husband's death from her sister Josephine and friend Richards. Louis showing her sorrow and uncontrollable grief, later on she realized that she is now an independent woman, she is free now, which clearly shows the reader about her abnormal joy and worry conflicts. The tone change quickly and dramatically from her husband's death and knowing herself is a freely woman. Louis's friend and family were being tiptoe around her, tried not hurt her feeling. When she embraced her sister's arms and turned into her room. It seems like Louis is ready for the female world. " There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." quote by Kate Chopin. The whole sentence is a transitioning about her life was reborn. She was preparing for it, feeling it and ready for it.
The story clearly depicted about their unsatisfied marriage life. It is clearly hinted in the story " powerful will" and " blind persistence" these phrases strongly point of Louis self-identify and awake her self-consciousness.
In The story of an Hour we can assume that both character, Louis and Brently were in an unhappy marriage life but they were not divorced or separating, they were still living together. I will say both of them were suffering from an unhappy marriage, physically and spiritually. In the story did not mention about if they have any children, it presumes that they might not have normal sexual life and they both felt pressure from each other. This pressure could be from Louis's unsuccessful pregnancy, miscarriages or her heart trouble. The pressure could be also from her husband's unsuccessful career, having affair with another woman or lack of communication. In the story it didn't give any further information about her husband. At the first time when I was reading a story, I thought her husband was a journalist or a traveler who was trying to avoid this unhappy marriage life, instated of trying to fix their marriage, he chose to work hard as the excuses to avoid the reality in their marriage.
The story perfectly represents 1890s woman's life, most of woman at that time were very repressed their own thought and feeling inside their heart. They could probably imagining the happiness but not allowed or brave to do it because woman at that time were have very strong self- conscientious. As the imagery of the window, which represents her freedom. The quote " No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life though that open window." cited by Kate Chopin. When she sat by the open window, she was fascinating by her long and new life began, blue sky, birds were twitting and the flowers were blooming, as if welcome come her became a freely woman. We can see that her eager and desire to be free. I quote " Life as a bird in the cage, looking out the cage to see the freedom." This quote is perfectly described Louis life. When she looks out the window she feels freedom but in her room she is like a bird in the cage unhappily. For her it was like woman's revaluation.
The relationship between Louis and Richard was the conflict in the story. For example " And yet she had loved him-sometimes often she had not" quote by Kate Chopin. We can clearly see that this type of relationship became accustomed to each other and was forced. They would probably unhappy with each other but due to the traditional society, they had to stay the marriage but did not fix the marriage. She had no feeling and passion about her husband. Another example from the quote by Kat Chopin " The face that had never looked save with love upon her". The sentence briefly talked about her husband loved her but it didn't give any further details about their relationship, it seems like the only thing left in this marriage is marriage license, the passion and pure love had already gone away. It is clearly stands out her character, which makes the reader understanding the language constructs.
Louis's heart disease is the major symbol in the story, which clearly addressed in the beginning of the paragraph, also derived her death from the result. It was life and death conflicts. When she realized she would be living happy after. She started praying for her life and wished herself could have longer life because she knew that her heart trouble would take her life away once day but she wished it won't happen so soon. Ironically, Louis death was not the truly physiological factors cause her death; it was the unexpected surprise after her husband return. The doctor diagnosed " the joy that kills." Hypothetically, if Louis didn't die, she would lose her freedom. The result is not Louis must die. The result is either her husband disappears or she disappears because two of them together could not make their life happy.
In the story of an Hour, Chopin perfectly portrays early nineteen centuries woman's dignity and ethical standard in the traditional society. The story of an Hour leave the reader thought about should woman live in the blindfold world not seeing and knowing their right to the real world or should woman live happily in their private world and escape that conservative life style. The truth is the woman who wants to live happily can only imagine in their private life but it won't change the reality. For me it is a tragedy.
Unexpected Sadness, Joy, negative marriage and freedom.
In " The story of an Hour", it was obviously to see that Mrs. Louis Mallard, the main character, was mentally and physically crashed after receiving her husband's death from her sister Josephine and friend Richards. Louis showing her sorrow and uncontrollable grief, later on she realized that she is now an independent woman, she is free now, which clearly shows the reader about her abnormal joy and worry conflicts. The tone change quickly and dramatically from her husband's death and knowing herself is a freely woman. Louis's friend and family were being tiptoe around her, tried not hurt her feeling. When she embraced her sister's arms and turned into her room. It seems like Louis is ready for the female world. " There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." quote by Kate Chopin. The whole sentence is a transitioning about her life was reborn. She was preparing for it, feeling it and ready for it.
The story clearly depicted about their unsatisfied marriage life. It is clearly hinted in the story " powerful will" and " blind persistence" these phrases strongly point of Louis self-identify and awake her self-consciousness.
In The story of an Hour we can assume that both character, Louis and Brently were in an unhappy marriage life but they were not divorced or separating, they were still living together. I will say both of them were suffering from an unhappy marriage, physically and spiritually. In the story did not mention about if they have any children, it presumes that they might not have normal sexual life and they both felt pressure from each other. This pressure could be from Louis's unsuccessful pregnancy, miscarriages or her heart trouble. The pressure could be also from her husband's unsuccessful career, having affair with another woman or lack of communication. In the story it didn't give any further information about her husband. At the first time when I was reading a story, I thought her husband was a journalist or a traveler who was trying to avoid this unhappy marriage life, instated of trying to fix their marriage, he chose to work hard as the excuses to avoid the reality in their marriage.
The story perfectly represents 1890s woman's life, most of woman at that time were very repressed their own thought and feeling inside their heart. They could probably imagining the happiness but not allowed or brave to do it because woman at that time were have very strong self- conscientious. As the imagery of the window, which represents her freedom. The quote " No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life though that open window." cited by Kate Chopin. When she sat by the open window, she was fascinating by her long and new life began, blue sky, birds were twitting and the flowers were blooming, as if welcome come her became a freely woman. We can see that her eager and desire to be free. I quote " Life as a bird in the cage, looking out the cage to see the freedom." This quote is perfectly described Louis life. When she looks out the window she feels freedom but in her room she is like a bird in the cage unhappily. For her it was like woman's revaluation.
The relationship between Louis and Richard was the conflict in the story. For example " And yet she had loved him-sometimes often she had not" quote by Kate Chopin. We can clearly see that this type of relationship became accustomed to each other and was forced. They would probably unhappy with each other but due to the traditional society, they had to stay the marriage but did not fix the marriage. She had no feeling and passion about her husband. Another example from the quote by Kat Chopin " The face that had never looked save with love upon her". The sentence briefly talked about her husband loved her but it didn't give any further details about their relationship, it seems like the only thing left in this marriage is marriage license, the passion and pure love had already gone away. It is clearly stands out her character, which makes the reader understanding the language constructs.
Louis's heart disease is the major symbol in the story, which clearly addressed in the beginning of the paragraph, also derived her death from the result. It was life and death conflicts. When she realized she would be living happy after. She started praying for her life and wished herself could have longer life because she knew that her heart trouble would take her life away once day but she wished it won't happen so soon. Ironically, Louis death was not the truly physiological factors cause her death; it was the unexpected surprise after her husband return. The doctor diagnosed " the joy that kills." Hypothetically, if Louis didn't die, she would lose her freedom. The result is not Louis must die. The result is either her husband disappears or she disappears because two of them together could not make their life happy.
In the story of an Hour, Chopin perfectly portrays early nineteen centuries woman's dignity and ethical standard in the traditional society. The story of an Hour leave the reader thought about should woman live in the blindfold world not seeing and knowing their right to the real world or should woman live happily in their private world and escape that conservative life style. The truth is the woman who wants to live happily can only imagine in their private life but it won't change the reality. For me it is a tragedy.