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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

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Tulip_imah  +  198499 Sun, 19 Feb 06 07:07 AM

I have to learn this short story to complete my study.But I faced a problem in understanding the story. I reread the story, but still don't have any idea.Someone please help me.

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julielai  +  199170 Tue, 21 Feb 06 03:05 AM
Isn't that the one about the woman who thinks her husband is dead?  What don't you understand about the story?
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Tulip_imah  +  199349 Tue, 21 Feb 06 02:01 PM
I don't know whether she happy or sad with the news. When I read the story, seems like she sad with the news, but when I read the comments by other people, they said that she is happy with the news because she wants to be freed from her husband.
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Anonymous, 4 yr 29 days ago

I think she feels sad about his death at first, but then she also feels a wonderful sense of freedom--until she sees her husband alive again.

Just my two cents.

julielai  +  199531 Wed, 22 Feb 06 01:32 AM
By the way, that was me.
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Anonymous, 1 yr 200 days ago
The basic idea of "Story of an Hour" is about a married couple Mr. and Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard is told her husband was been in a horrible train wreck. Mrs. Mallard first experiences shock of her husbands death, then realizes that she has freedom from her husband. Remember this is a time period of male dominance. However, right when Mrs. Mallards starts to think she has freedom from her husband. Mr. Mallard walks through the door for he had not even been  on the train during the wreck. Due to the shock of the news it causes Mrs. Mallard to have a fatal heart attack.
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