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Man made the cars to take us over the roads Man made the train to carry the heavy loads Man made the electric light To take us out of the dark Man made the boat for the water Like Noah made the ark This is a man's world, But it wouldn't be nothing Without a woman or a girl - It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World

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Man made the cars to take us over the roads

Man made the train to carry the heavy loads

Man made the electric light

To take us out of the dark

Man made the boat for the water

Like Noah made the ark

This is a man's world,

But it wouldn't be nothing

Without a woman or a girl

- It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World

The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin

瑞安中学 夏威怡

“Marriage is the ____ of love.”tomb

Kate Chopin 1850-1904

pioneer in feminismfeminism

fighting for women’s equal rights

× vote

× divorce

? education

× keep their wages

Mr. Mallard

Mrs. Mallard

Josephine

Richards

1894

died

heart disease

Why did they try to be so careful and gentle?

First Reaction

(to give up control)

wept with abandonment

storm of grief

Preview Quiz!

What did she notice

through the window?

(key words)

trees

sky

birds

rain

Para 3: the view

new life

blue

singing

delicious

Spring

vs Winter Symbolism (象征 )

fearShe was waiting for it, fearfully.

Discussion: What can IT be? Why fearfully?

grief

fear

monstrous joy

triumph

???

ACTION

wept

saw the view

whispered Free

prayed

returned

Para 2-6

FEELING

1 She knew her husband died.

2 She ________ at once.

3 She __________ through the window.

4 She ________:”_____!”

5 She _____ that life might be long.

6 Her husband ______.

Group Work: Q & A Para 4-5

Design questions for other groups to answer

… weep again…

But… long years… welcome…

Yet she loved him – sometimes

What did it matter… in face of… freedom!

Para 4: freedom!terrible great

struggle between grief & joy

monstrous joy

It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.A .grief B. fear C. joy

She was drinking an elixir of life through that open window.

Para 5: praytriumph

Group Discussion:

What would happen next?

Come up with an ending and find details in the story to support your idea.But Richards was too late.

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease – of joy that kills.

- of grief that kills!

Irony (讽刺 )

L W

What is the name of Mrs. Mallard?

What kind of a woman is Louise?

young with a fair, calm face

heart trouble

as powerless as her two white hands

repression, and even a certain strength

What could matter in face of her freedom!

Free! Body and soul free!

weak and powerless

strong and independent

If you were Louise, what would you do?

Assignment:

Write a different ending to the story.

Use your imagination!

“Marriage is the ____ of love.”

Thank you!

瑞安中学 夏威怡