The Story of an Hour

The Story of An Hour

Plot

Irony

Descriptive Language

Open Ended

PLOT

What happened to Mr. Mallard?

Open Ended

PLOT

What was Mrs. Mallard's first reaction to the news?

Open Ended

PLOT

What was Mrs. Mallard's first reaction to the news?

Open Ended

PLOT

How did Mrs. Mallard start to feel when she was alone in his room?

Open Ended

PLOT

What happened when they went downstairs?

Situational Irony

• Subversion of expectations

• TED-ED Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqg6RO8c_W0

Situational Irony

• A fire station burns down.

• A post on Facebook complains about how useless Facebook is.

• A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance sent to help him.

Open Ended

What is the situational irony in Mrs. Mallard's situation?

(Think of grieving wife expectations)

Dramatic Irony

• Something the audience knows but the charaters don't.

• TED-ED Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZFYuX84n1U&t=1s&ab_channel=TED-EdTED-EdDo%C4%9Fruland%C4%B1

Dramatic Irony

• You know the monster is in the basement and the character is looking for it upstairs.

• Romeo kills himself because he thinks Juliet is dead but you know Juliet is only faking it.

Open Ended

What is the dramatic irony in Mrs. Mallard's situation?

(Think of "the joy that kills")

Descriptive Language

• Using adjectives and adverbs to set the mood and the scene.

• TED-ED Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4&ab_channel=TED-Ed

Descriptive Language

• Using adjectives and adverbs to set the mood and the scene.

• TED-ED Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4&ab_channel=TED-Ed

Open Ended

These are the evironment descriptions following the death news.

"There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair."

&

"She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air."

How does the choice of these descriptions affect the story?