Freedom In Kate Chopin's Short Stories
Why most women’s desires had to be repressed in the patriarchal social order? Were
they happy in their marriages without a minimal freedom? The desire of one individual
cannot be suppressed and cannot be controlled by others. However, women in the past
society were usually being repressed their desires and even they were suffering from lack of
freedom in the patriarchal social. In the Kate Chopin’s stories, the author focuses on
woman’s desire against patriarchal rules and the rediscovery of female desires. “The Story
of an Hour” and “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is the representative stories and these stories
are about the struggling between reality and inside desires of female. The two different
protagonists were married and …show more content…
This
paradoxical action is the most important evidence of the short story because this action
causes the rising action and falling action of the story. In addition, the contradictory action
causes the climax, which the moment she found the liberty from her husband’s death and
also falling action which drives into her death. There are plenty descriptions about the series
of emotions of Louise Mallard, who suffers from heart problems.
The word “heart trouble” has symbolic meaning in the story. The heart trouble has a
meaning of physical disease as well as emotional trouble. This physical trouble, heart
trouble, takes charge of the beginning and the end of the story. At the beginning of the story,
the heart trouble seems a medical sense, but the physical diseases become a factor of
psychological diseases. The final phrase “When the doctors came they said she had died of
heart disease-of joy that kills” (76) is ironic because she felt both extreme pleasure and
radical disappointment from the moment of her husband’s return from death. She was at a
crossroads between welcoming her husband and losing her freedom. The heart problem is …show more content…
However, his death also represented as a freedom of his wife who
loved him the most. His death is ironic and paradoxical in the story. In addition, the
husband’s death implies how much Louise Mallard suffered from the lack of freedom
through their marriage.
“The Storm” by Kate Chopin refers sense of freedom of each character. Calixta leave
alone at home sewing roughly because Bobinot and Bibi are shopping at Friedheimer’s
store. And that time the storm is coming and Alcee asks for seeking shelter from the storm
while Bobinot and Bibi decide to wait inside the store until the storm passes. When the
storm is coming, Calixta commits adultery with her ex-lover, Alcee. After the storm,
Boninot and Bibi come back home and Calixta acts like nothing had happened. “The Storm”
is not only the title of this story, but also this is the physical and emotional symbolisms
which control the overall mood of the story. The actual meaning of the storm is strong wind
including heavy rain as a physical symbol. On the other hand, the storm is a sexual passion
between Calixta and Alcee as an emotional symbol. The sexual passion makes her break
down the morality of Calixta as a woman who repressed her liberty and
they happy in their marriages without a minimal freedom? The desire of one individual
cannot be suppressed and cannot be controlled by others. However, women in the past
society were usually being repressed their desires and even they were suffering from lack of
freedom in the patriarchal social. In the Kate Chopin’s stories, the author focuses on
woman’s desire against patriarchal rules and the rediscovery of female desires. “The Story
of an Hour” and “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is the representative stories and these stories
are about the struggling between reality and inside desires of female. The two different
protagonists were married and …show more content…
This
paradoxical action is the most important evidence of the short story because this action
causes the rising action and falling action of the story. In addition, the contradictory action
causes the climax, which the moment she found the liberty from her husband’s death and
also falling action which drives into her death. There are plenty descriptions about the series
of emotions of Louise Mallard, who suffers from heart problems.
The word “heart trouble” has symbolic meaning in the story. The heart trouble has a
meaning of physical disease as well as emotional trouble. This physical trouble, heart
trouble, takes charge of the beginning and the end of the story. At the beginning of the story,
the heart trouble seems a medical sense, but the physical diseases become a factor of
psychological diseases. The final phrase “When the doctors came they said she had died of
heart disease-of joy that kills” (76) is ironic because she felt both extreme pleasure and
radical disappointment from the moment of her husband’s return from death. She was at a
crossroads between welcoming her husband and losing her freedom. The heart problem is …show more content…
However, his death also represented as a freedom of his wife who
loved him the most. His death is ironic and paradoxical in the story. In addition, the
husband’s death implies how much Louise Mallard suffered from the lack of freedom
through their marriage.
“The Storm” by Kate Chopin refers sense of freedom of each character. Calixta leave
alone at home sewing roughly because Bobinot and Bibi are shopping at Friedheimer’s
store. And that time the storm is coming and Alcee asks for seeking shelter from the storm
while Bobinot and Bibi decide to wait inside the store until the storm passes. When the
storm is coming, Calixta commits adultery with her ex-lover, Alcee. After the storm,
Boninot and Bibi come back home and Calixta acts like nothing had happened. “The Storm”
is not only the title of this story, but also this is the physical and emotional symbolisms
which control the overall mood of the story. The actual meaning of the storm is strong wind
including heavy rain as a physical symbol. On the other hand, the storm is a sexual passion
between Calixta and Alcee as an emotional symbol. The sexual passion makes her break
down the morality of Calixta as a woman who repressed her liberty and