STORY OF AN HOUR

STORY OF AN HOUR

By Kate Chopin​

Open Ended

Describe Louis Mallard. How do you perceive her based on the descriptions provided in the selection? How was she treated by the people around her?

Open Ended

Why was an open window mentioned? What did it represent in Louise Mallard's life?

The Open Window

The tops of trees that were all quiver with the new spring life​

Delicious breath of rain

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Peddler crying his wares

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Notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly

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Countless sparrows were twittering​

Open Ended

How did the "open window" affect Louise Mallard? What did she feel and utter?

​free, free, free!

Free! Body and soul free!​

Poll

Does the Mallard couple have a good marriage?

• Yes, Brently Mallard is a good husband.

• No, Brently Mallard is an abusive husband.

​She knew 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.

She would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.

Poll

What could be the reason/s why Louise Mallard was feeling and saying given her situation?

• In the past, society was patriarchal and women had no say in marriage.

• She hated her husband. She didn't want to be married.

• She realized that her thoughts, words, and actions will no longer be imposed by someone else.

• I have a different insight.

Poll

Is it justifiable for Louise Mallard to feel that way?

• Yes, she deserves freedom.

• No, she is being inhumane.

It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella.​

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease — of the joy that kills.

Open Ended

Did Louise Mallard really die because of the joy that kills? Why or why not?

What is important in a relationship for it to work and grow?

Open Ended

What is important in a relationship for it to work and grow?

STORY OF AN HOUR

By Kate Chopin​