The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chop

The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin revolves around the theme “the forbidden joy of independence”. In the story independence is a forbidden pleasure that can be imagined only privately by Louise .Louise reacts in obvious grief when she hears of Brently’s death from Josephine and Richards. It was appropriate and quite normal for her to portray such behavior since Brently was her husband. However, when Louise was alone, she begins to realize that she is now an independent woman, a realization that invigorate and excites her. At first tries with all her will to suppress the joy she feels, even though they were her private thoughts. Such resistance reveals how forbidden this pleasure really is. She feels possessed by the joy when she finally acknowledges it and must abandon herself to it as the word ‘free’ escapes her lips. Extreme circumstances have given her a taste of this forbidden fruit, and her thoughts are, in turn, extreme. She sees her life as being absolutely hers and her new freedom as the core of her being. Besieged, Louise even turns to prayer, hoping for a long life in which to experience this wonderful feeling. When Brently returns, he unknowingly seizes Louise’s independence from her, removing it once again from her reach. The forbidden joy vanishes as abruptly as it came, but the taste of it is enough to kill her. Một chủ đề khám phá bởi Kate Chopin "Trong câu chuyện của một giờ," là "Oppressiveness vốn có của hôn nhân." Mặc dù Louise dễ dàng thừa nhận rằng người chồng của cô đã được loại và yêu thương, cô vẫn còn những kinh nghiệm niềm vui khi cô nghe nói rằng ông đã chết. Ở đây, Chopin cho thấy rằng tất cả các cuộc hôn nhân áp bức, thậm chí cả những người có vẻ hoàn hảo. Cách Louise phản ứng không đề nghị bất kỳ sự hận thù, và cô ấy biết rằng cô ấy chắc chắn sẽ khóc tang lễ của Brently. Tuy nhiên, cô xem cái chết của ông như là một cuối cùng giải phóng khỏi áp bức, mặc dù cô không bao giờ đề cập đến cách cụ thể trong đó Brently áp bức mình. Điều này thường ngụ ý rằng hôn nhân smother cả phụ nữ và nam giới. Louise của nhận thức mà trong đó những suy nghĩ đi qua tâm trí của cô đề nghị sự áp bức của tất cả các cuộc hôn nhân. Nó cướp người độc lập của họ.The problem that Louise encountered with her heart is symbolic. It is a physical sickness that represents her unhappiness due to the lack of freedom and her uncertainty towards her marriage. Louise’s heart trouble make the announcement of Breantly’s death seem very threatening. A person with such condition would not be able to deal with such news. By reflecting on her new found independence, Louise’s heart races and pumps blood through her veins. The diagnosis of heart attack seems appropriate, when she dies at the end of the story because the shock of seeing Brently alive was certainly enough to kill her. To conclude that Louise died of overwhelming joy is ironic since it has been the loss of joy that had actually killed her. The sudden lost of her much- loved independence merely contributed to her death.