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Sadness in Kate Chopin’s
“The Locket�
Kate Chopin’s “The Locket� is a short story only four pages long and broken into two sections, but filled with sadness. There are many factors in the story, from beginning to end, that display sad and sorrow that Kate Choplin, again and again, nailed home with imagery of the setting and personal experiences of the main characters Edmond and Octavie.

Sadness appears right from the start in the first section with a gloomy setting of a war being waged and Edmond and the rest of the Confederate forces, he belonged to, attire. Stating, their gray uniforms were worn beyond the point of shabbiness (1). More sadness is evident as you finish the first section; because all the forces that Edmond belonged to including himself all end up dead after battle.

The most powerful display of sadness is the emotional downward spiral of the two main characters Edmond and Octavie. Edmond displays sadness while waiting to......

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Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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