Male Dominance and Female Powerlessness in Kate Chopin's "The Story Of An Hour"


Essay, 2017

4 Pages, Grade: 1,3


Abstract or Introduction

In 1894 the short story “The Story of an Hour” was published in Vogue by Kate Chopin. It is about the thoughts of a woman afflicted with a heart trouble, after she is told that her man died in an accident. In the end it is said that she died of this heart disease. The reader, though, knows that the result of the death must be the surprising attendance of her husband.

Kate Chopin works with this problem of oppressiveness and inequality in the marriage and furthermore she emphasizes the neglect of women. At the time of their publication, her short stories received bad critiques because of the fact that she questioned moral standards like the patriarchy, which was common at that point. However, later in the 1960s she has become famous because of her stories with feminist content .

Details

Title
Male Dominance and Female Powerlessness in Kate Chopin's "The Story Of An Hour"
College
University of Stuttgart
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2017
Pages
4
Catalog Number
V356496
ISBN (eBook)
9783668422865
ISBN (Book)
9783668422872
File size
551 KB
Language
English
Notes
Es handelt sich um ein Research Paper für eine Essay Writing Einführungskurs im ersten Semester eines Englischstudiums.
Keywords
male, dominance, female, powerlessness, kate, chopin, story, hour
Quote paper
Daniel Schmid (Author), 2017, Male Dominance and Female Powerlessness in Kate Chopin's "The Story Of An Hour", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/356496

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