Mid-term writing test: "The story of an hour"- corrected

Part A. Short-answer questions. 40%
1.What is Louise Mallard’s opinion of marriage? Indicate the line or lines that suggest it?
She seems to think of marriage as a forced obligation that had been imposed on her and others also. The lines that suggest it :
-"There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself."(paragraph 12-line1)
-"There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature."(praragraph 12-line2)
2.Why does Louise Mallard suddenly stop crying? Indicate the place in the text?
Louise stops crying when she begins to reflect upon the death of her husband and the new given freedom that she receives, fearfully. Around the fourth and fifth paragraph she becomes physically exhausted, and glances at the window in a sort of halt of her very thought.
4.How does Louise’s sister and his friend, Richards, feel about the Mallard’s marriage? They don't have a specific opinion that is mention
ed in the text. By my interpretation of the story; I believe that they think that the Mallard's are very much in love; therefore, they took precaution in the way they announced the death of Bently to his wife, and not only because of her fragile heart,but in the time period in which the text is writing, persons marriage is their business and no one elses.
5.Why is there so much description of what is outside the window when Louise is alone in her room?
Because of Louise's physical and mental exhaustion:"[...]suspense of intelligent thought[...]". She seems to think of nothing and simply observes the world around here through the window. All the sites and sounds that she could she. Almost waiting for what was to come for her without being able to imagine life ahead during those few moments of quiet exhaustion.

Part B. Development question. 60%
I have recently read a short story, « The Story of An Hour », by Kate Chopin; and I have disclosed an opinion about certain aspects of the story. I believe that the message of the story, or the moral of the story, is that we should all take a moment to evaluate, and think, before we make a decision; in a relationship and/or situation, therefore the way we treat others and our selves can make a world of difference in our life. In the fallowing paragraph I shall discuss; the ironic and marriage/relationship aspects of the text.

There are many elements of irony in the text; there is a difference between the result and the expected one. For example in the third paragraph: “she did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.” She did not react as others would have been know to by refusing to believe the event that has happened; instead, she begins to cry suddenly without saying a word when the news is first announced to her. Fallowing that, she ironically feels joy through the death of her husband; therefore she once again does not fallow the normal actions that would be accepted of her as a wife. Like in this sentence: “She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her.” Chopin uses irony to establish her message of self assertion and reflection, in a subtle and under lined manner.

The story theme is mostly; relationship and marriage, love and hate, and submission and assertion. Chopin expresses her opinion on those subjects in a strong minded; yet, subtle way throughout the story. She expresses a reluctance to marriage because during that period of time. It was more about anything else but love; therefore, unfulfilling. Also she seems to speak of love not being the only driver of women, although, during that time, women where considered as weak emotional beings. Paragraph 13: “What could love the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!” Chopin was clearly sending a message trough her writing.

Finally what Kate Chopin was trying to say was that the way we do things , reflect, observe and even love makes or breaks everything in our lives.

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