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Brently And Louise In The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin

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In “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin Louise has a very bad heart problem to where if she has a sudden shock, she can die. This heart problem causes Brently to have a harsh relationship with her because he is trying to “protect her”. All Louise wants though is to get out of her house and explore the world, but Brently just simply refuses. While Brently and Louise might still love each other, they have an oppressive marriage, in which many relationships today do not have. Bently never actually abused her or anything, but his oppression to Louise was by taking away her freedom. He refused for her to go outside of the house other than her balcony just so nothing happens to her. Even just a carriage almost running her over could cause a shock, leading her heart fail and then possibly die. The only way she would be able to see the outside world and experience it herself was through Brentlys pictures. For Louise though, it was not enough; it drove her crazy that she could not step foot elsewhere from her house without anybody freaking out. Although, Brently was too harsh on her which made her very rocky and unstable. That is why when she found out that he had died she was …show more content…

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