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Chopin Gender Roles

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that when he arrived from work and not knowing what has happened, he was dirty, he was carrying a grip-sack, and an umbrella. Josephine is Mrs. Mallard’s sister and you can definitely tell that she cares for her because of her urgent need to get Mrs. Mallard out of her bedroom so that she does not make herself sick. Richard is Mr. Mallard’s friend and he was the one to deliver the news that Mr. Mallard was dead. “The Story of an Hour” is taken place in the spring time of the 1890s, which at this point in time women had very little rights. Chopin wanted to show this through her story by stating that there were gender roles during this time period. Mrs. Mallard was the everyday wife who cooked, cleaned and made sure everything was in order,
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