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Your name Professor’s name Course name Date of submission Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour and Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour was published in 1894. The author focuses on ideas of liberation and freedom in Louise Mallard’s life. She is the protagonist being oppressed by her husband. A message about the latter’s death elicits short-lived joy and content in Louise’s existence. The dénouement of Chopin’s story delineates an unexpected plot twist which accentuates the theme in The Story of an Hour. As Louise’s ironically rejoices the death of her husband, she receives news about Brently’s falsified death. In the second last paragraph, Chopin says, “It was Brently Mallard…” Her readers are quite surprised by his appearance at the door. Louise, on seeing her husband, collapses on the spot. The ending of Chopin’s story is representative of independence as the value in the lives of human beings. Despite a salient turn of events in the text, Louise’s reaction apropos of her husband’s death depicts the importance of freedom and independence. She is smothered by Brently merely because of his affiliation with the male sex. The protagonist in Chopin’s story is representative of numerous females suffering in the marriage institution. As Louise enjoys peace and mind in her bedroom after receiving news of Brently’s death, Chopin’s protagonist represents the extent of struggles that she undergoes in the hands of her chauvinistic husband. When she collapses, readers understand Louise’s preference for non-existence rather than leading a life of pain and torture. Guy de Maupassant’s text, The
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