Story of an Hour Question Assignment PDF

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Assignment with questions regarding the short story "The Story of an Hour"...

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English 102 online Mrs. Hoffman-Jones

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Questions – 8 points

1. How did Brently Mallard supposedly die? A Train Accident. 2. Why was the news given “gently” to Mrs. Louise Mallard? Because she was afflicted with Heart Trouble. 3. Mrs. Mallard’s immediate response was to… Cry in her sister’s arms. 4. When Mrs. Mallard was alone in her room, what do you suppose she was thinking? That she was free from her husband. 5. Mrs. Mallard chooses Herself over love. Why? Because she did not love her Husband. 6. What causes Mrs. Mallard’s heart attack? 7. Her overwhelming joy due to her newfound “freedom”. 8. List several examples of comparisons or analogies in this short story. Ex. of grief to a storm -

“Haunted by Physical Exhaustion” Something “Creeping out of the Sky” “Drinking the Very Elixir of Life” “Carrying herself like a Goddess of Victory” “Of the Joy that Kills”

9. Can you empathize with Louise Mallard? Why/not? I don’t believe that I can empathize with Louise Mallard simply because she does not love her husband. Even in a situation like that, so celebrate the death of someone who was close to you feels very wrong. On the other hand, if the marriage

beforehand was more of an abusive one where the Husband was in the wrong, then I would empathize more with Louise....