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Irony Of Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

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Irony of Story of an Hour After reading “The Story of an hour” we realize from the beginning there’s a ton of irony in the story. Chopin uses a whole different way of writing to introduce a lot of situational and dramatic irony while reading. It’s a whole other take than I’m used to. Chopin also uses a lot of contrast in the story to show the differences in gender roles, class, and marital status in the antebellum ages. Among the ironic parts of the story the part where Mrs. Mallard dies is probably the most ironic. Back in those days a women is meant to be happily married to a man and not dislike a marriage that she’s in. The man is to work, and the woman is to stay at home and tend to the house. That’s just fact. So the part where Mrs. Mallard
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