In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," the author makes good use of literary devices such as similes, metaphors, and imagery to convey emotion throughout the short story. She first uses a metaphor to set the tone of Luise's initial shock at the news of her husband's death in the third paragraph by writing, "a storm of grief," to compare the feeling of grief to a storm; this helps the reader get the feeling that the scene is solemn and that Louise probably feels too many emotions that can turmoil like a storm. Chopin also uses similes to portray Louise's happiness and drive for freedom after processing the death in the 16th paragraph by showing the protagonist carry herself "unwittingly like a goddess of Victory," expressing the ironic feeling