“Story of an Hour”

By Justin Ehrenpreis

Author

Kate Chopin

Setting

Mallard house

Characters

Mrs. Mallard

Louis

Brantley (husband)

Richards (friends)

Plot

Facing heart trouble, her husband might die, feels calm, happy, and free, she sees husband, she dies.

Themes

Life has twists and turns

Life is hard when you can not predict the future.

Literary Devices

Symbolism of hope and rebirth- spring

Epiphany- “free, free, free”

She will live life for herself

Irony- dramatic irony- Mrs. Mallard did not die from joy