The Sad Case of Mrs. Kate Southern! The Beautiful, Virtuous G... by Anonymous

symbolism A symbol is an object that represents another meaning. In the story the phrase is presented in a bad way, by saying that the joy that Mrs.Mallard, after she was told her husband had died, is wrong. These words are opposites, as in one is a darker feeling and the other is a light, happy feeling.

It is an oxymoron because monstrous means to be hideous or to have the appearance of a monster and joy means to have a great feeling of happiness. oxymoron An oxymoron found in the short story 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin is 'monstrous joy' (paragraph 12). Mallard's thoughts and emotions change as the story progresses. The imagery in this story is very important because it allows the readers to see how Mrs.

The author is now portraying a happy and spring like environment and the character is slowly realizing the death of her husband as something that is positive The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves' (201) 'the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. She was physically and emotionally devastated when first hearing the news about her husbands death 'she sank, pressed down by the physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul' (Chopin, 201). imagery -The authors use of imagery helps to develop the mood of the main character as she thinks about life without her husband. This dark, and uncertainty keeps the reader engaged in the story, and feel as if he/her were a part of it. All these different feelings with Chopin's use of mood make sense.Which is this sense of freedom and living life for her self. Mallard really felt about the loss of her husband. As well, it makes the reader think about what Mrs. But, with Chopin's use of mood one will see that the story is dark in a sense because of the death of Mr.

These different feelings make the reader feel confused and unsure of what o feel.

And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome' (202). But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely.

'She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.

When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone' (Chopin, 201).

'She wept at once, with sudden wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.

Mallard is alive and that news causes her to have a heart attack and die. Then at the end, you feel sad once again because Mrs. Mallard because she is now feeling happy and free. In the middle of the story you feel some sort of happiness for Mrs. Mallard because of the loss of her husband, Mr.

This short story makes the reader feel confused.

The Sad Case of Mrs. Kate Southern! The Beautiful, Virtuous G... by Anonymous