THEME
What is the theme of the story?
Illusion vs. Reality
What is the literary device in the story.
Irony
Who is the author of Story of an Hour?
Kate Chopin
What does importunity mean?
Pressing or persistent
Family and friends of Ms. Mallard thought she was devastated about her husbands death but she was really happy and felt free.
Illusion
What is irony?
Irony is an expression that generally signifies the opposite ending than from the starting point
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard had a heart trouble, this person told her, in broken sentences as gently as possible of the news of her husband's death.
Her sister, Josephine
What does exalt mean?
To uplift.
Ms. Mallard was actually happy her husband died.
Reality
What is the irony of the ending
when Brently Mallard comes back home
Who is Richards?
Richards is Brently Mallard's friend.
What does elixir mean?
A magic potion that was said to make you young forever.
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease
Joy that Kills
Why is this quote ironic? "She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!"
Mrs. Mallard was excited to finally live a life of freedom with out the oppression of her husband. She is happy that her husband is dead
TRUE or FALSE Brently Mallard is a ghost because he died in a train accident?
FALSE - Brently Mallard was nowhere near the train accident.
Why is this story called "Story of an Hour"?
Because the entire incident took place in one hour.
Louise Mallard appears to be a weak-willed woman. One who probably _____ her desire to control her destiny. Consequently, during her marriage she suffered constant stress that may well have caused or contributed to her "heart trouble" reffered to the first sentence in the story.
Repressed
Explain why Story of an Hour is Ironic.
Mrs. Mallard finds out that her husband is dead and she ends up dying.
All Mrs. Mallard's hopes of being free are shattered and her heart can't handle the news of her husband being alive are the reason to this event.
Mrs. Mallard die when her husband walk in the door
To shudder means to
Shiver