Thursday, November 21, 2013

"Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin



  The American author, Kate Chopin grew up in the time of the battle for women’s rights. She was raised in a culture where many people were holding on to society and value the way they were, and yet many others were feeling there was need for change. Kate wrote stories about women in the future. In the Story of an hour it expresses through the main character, Louise Mallard. In the end of this story, the equilibrium of Louise Mallard’s situation is what survives: Brently mallard’s return signals the return of her oppressive condition and ensures that Louise will experience no more than a momentary change her situation.

  When Louise Mallard goes to her room, she cries to see a window “free!, Body and soul free!”. It means she was gotten a lot of oppression from Brently so she thinks she can enjoy her freedom to the fullest without her husband. Her sister, Josephin and Brently’s friend, Richard think she may be anxious and gloomy of his death, however, she is not grieve, she is pleased  of that telegram.

  Louise’s status as “wife” is reestablished at once in the story’s language and in Louise’s life when Brently comes in “view of his wife”. Before Louise heard a telegram that Brently is dead by accident, everything was focused on her husband and lived around his life. But, when she hears news from her sister, she thinks she can way out of her husband’s oppression, however, Brently comes back to home while Louise enjoys her short-freedom. Then all of oppression also comes back with him. Also, Louise’s status as “wife” is also came back to her.


Brently Mallard had never looked save with love upon her. He disregarded Louise’s happiness. Brently had all hegemony. Even though, Louise loves him. When she goes to her room, even he was kind of aggressive to Louise, she had loved him – sometimes. It means at that time there was patriarchal system in order to most of men were above women. Louise was still oppressed from Brently because he might have patriarchal in his mind. It would have disturbed relationship between Louise and Brently.

 Louise was still looked upon as needing the protection and support of her husband. She has never enjoyed her freedom and received her husband’s love. In this story Louise is eager for free because she has lots of oppression from Brently.

Many of Kate Chopin’s female characters seek freedom from the conventional restraints of society, including marriage. Louise is also one of female character of shows women image which is get oppression from men.

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