The story of an hour by Kate Chopin

Characterization:
Mrs.Mallard: Mrs.Mallard is pratogonist. She simply described as "young, with a fair calm face whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength." Mrs.Mallard had loves her husband "sometimes". As ponders a life without him, she realizes that her husband dominated her and after her husband's death, she opens herself to the life. At the story's climax, she whispers "Free! Body and soul free!" These words explain that Mrs.Mallard would live free, her husband would not interfere with her life. She thinks that she is free.
Joesphine: She was Mrs.Mallard's sister. She sympathized with Mrs.Mallard. Because Mrs.Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, she was afraid of saying "Your husband died." Joesphine told her unwillingly and in broken sentences.
Analysis: Kate Chopin titled this piece "Story of an Hour" because the short story tells of this particular hour of Mrs.Mallard's life, the only hour of her life in freedom. The doctors conclude that Mrs.Mallard has died of heart disease "of say that kills." This diagnosis is correct, but in this instance of dramatic irony, the other characters believe she has died because she is so overjoyed that her husband is alive, while the reader knows that she has died of disappointment. Her death indicates that she could never be free, even she died. Even if her
husband had died, she would have been subjected to male domination of the time so even if she died, her soul could never truly be free.

The window itself can be seen to take on a different perspective in the story. This window means realm, free of constraints, where there is a new life, but Mrs.Mallard died and she could never be free.

Kate Chopin uses many literary elements in the short story. Some are personification, imagery and similes. Personification is stated in the line that follows "She was young, with a fair,calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strenghth." It is understand that her life was very depressing and boring because of her husband. "The delicious breath of rain. In the street below a peddler was crying his wores. The notes of a
distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly., and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." Imagery is depicted in these sentences. By using imagery, the author can help the reader see and feel the environment the character is in. "She carried herself unwittingly like a foddess of Victory." The author uses simile to describe how calm and happy she is now.

An example of metaphor is contained in the sentence. Mrs.Mallard lit up when she realized she was free at last. Here her feeling of joy is compared with the effect a light has when it is turned on. An example of simile is contained in the sentence. Mrs.Mallard's eyes shone like polished gemo when she realized. She was free at last. The comparison between her eyes and shining jewels is clearly asserted.

In conclusion, the message of short story is that freedom is a prize possesion in Mrs.Mallard life and now she feels that at last she has lives his life happily and free.

In this story, the epiphany is that everybody know that Mrs.Mallard died because of joy but she died because of disappointment because she was not happy when she saw her husband in front of her.

The setting: The setting of "Story of an Hour" is a middle class in the USA in the late 1800s and the story revolves around Mrs.Mallard's room is mostly where the story is set.

Point of view: The point of view of the story is limited omniscience. The story is told in third person, but we only get to know the thoughts and feelings of Mrs.Mallard, so the story is keen purely from her point of view.

Round Character: Mrs.Mallard is round character because we can learn her thoughts and feelings. She assumes that her husband dies and she thinks she will be free. But then everything changes and her life also changes. At the and of the story, Mrs.Mallard dies.

The Irony: Joesphine says Mrs.Mallard "You will make yourself ill." Josephine thinks that she is very upset because Mrs.Mallard dies, but Mrs.Mallard is not upset vice versa she is very happy because of being free.