The Story of an Hour

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The Story of an Hour

• Kate Chopin

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Thesis

• Repression followed by a chance at freedom which
  is quickly taken away.

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Tone

• Begins with a calm logical tone.
• Switches to more emotional and elated tone.

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Purpose

• At this time in history women were controlled
  very much by men.
• They had boundaries, and were thought to only
  live for their husbands or men in their life.

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Audience

• This story is mainly written for women.
• For women it was a way to show them that freedom
  may come to late in their lives so they should
  live their lives for themselves.

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Evidence

• When she sits by her window after crying she
  begins to notice the flowers blooming and many
  other things around her.
• These were things only noticed when someone is
  happy.

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Appeals

• This story appeals to pathos.
• Story is full emotion.
• Emotions vary from sad, confused, joyful, and
  ends with a bittersweet death.

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Assumptions
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Style

• The story begins with a regular, logical and to
  the point sentence.