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Irony And Symbols In The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin

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In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin uses irony and symbols to express a woman’s hurt and sorrow toward the supposed death of her husband. The news of her husband death takes her by surprise and causes her to become depressed and silence. In this story, there are many symbols that shows death may be a blessing. When Mrs. Mallard came outside she see” in open square before her house the tops of tress that were all aquiver with the new spring life” (5). Spring day when Mrs. Mallard receives the news of her husband 's death symbolizes the sad moment in her life. The second symbol is the open window in Mrs. Mallard bedroom, “The sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air” (9). The story also has ironic situation. For example, Mrs. Mallard
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