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A Story Of An Hour: Feelings - Term Papers

A Story Of An Hour: Feelings

In the short story “A Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the whole range
of emotions are felt by the main charter Louise Mallard. Upon learning of her
husband's death she is immediately overcome by sadness. However, once she is
alone she allows herself to experience her feelings of joy at the prospect of
being free from “repression." She is no more able to staff off the feeling that
was approaching her than trying to stop the waves from hitting the shore.
Basically stated we are powerless over our feelings.
First, one can state that no matter how hard we try we can not keep a
feeling from coming over us. Louises' feelings come from deep within her soul.
Physical exhaustion followed her ...

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was like a bird
let out of the cage.
Mrs. Mallard was a good example of Shakespeare's line “To Thine own self
be true." She did not allow guilt to rear it's ugly head but instead just felt
her feelings. She allowed no one to witness her self assertion. But, it was
the strongest impulse of her being.
As she was projecting spring and summer days to come, a feeling that her
life would be her own again gave her a contentment that she had not felt in a
long time. No one actually knew what Mrs. Mallard had experienced behind her
closed door. Although, the human heart was meant to deal with that much pain,
joy and disappointment in one day never mind one hour. To her sister
(Josephine) it would appear that she died of joy when she saw her spouse was not
dead. The truth was buried with Louise. Tragically, what seemed to be great
joy was a grief felt for her freedom that had been so short lived.
Concluding, the roller coaster of emotions was to extreme for Louises'
fragile heart to ...

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Added: 11/7/2008 02:25:44 AM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 472
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