story of an hour
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Throughout "The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin uses a wide range of emotions to express what could have been her life. Having lost her husband, Kate shows how she felt about her husband's death and how she would have felt if he were to have lived. She uses a lot of imagery and many different types of irony in this essay to express her feelings.
The way imagery is used by Kate Chopin in her essay, "The Story of an Hour," allows the reader to imagine what they perceive to be happening. At first the reader would think that the shock of her husband's death would cause her to grieve, but the use of imagery shows you that she in reality is experiencing freedom, which she has long desired. We can tell that she has desired freedom for quite some time because she has a sense of relief but at the same time is experiencing a state of emotional distress. Another example of imagery used in the essay is the way that Kate Chopin describes Mrs. Mallard's thoughts by saying, "Her fancy was running riot along the days ahead of her. Spring days, summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breath a quick prayer that life might be long...