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Kate Chopin



Kate Chopin was a relatively independent woman. Her father died while she was very young and she was raised by her mother and great-grandmother. While very young she was exposed to the taste of freedom during a trip to New Orleans where she begun to question gender roles and how oppress women were.

In The Story of the Hour, Chopin gives us a tale about a woman, Mrs. Mallard who suffers from a heart condition. One day, Mr. Mallard\'s friend, Richards, learns that Mr. Mallard has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard\'s sister Josephine tries to break the news to Mrs. Mallard softly because of her heart condition. Shock she immediately starts weeping in her sister’s arm. “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance” Chopin pg. 1. Chopin makes a point to note that Mrs. Mallard receives the news different from what most women would, which is usually denial before finally accepting the news as a truth.......


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