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Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" takes place in the 19th century, when women were expected to be stereotypical housewives and had few rights or opportunities. The character of the story is a married woman with underlying heart problems. Mrs. Mallard is the wife. She was informed that her husband had passed away, but once her grief subsided, she experienced freedom and joy. This is problematic because it represents the idea that women are oppressed by their marriages. Maya Angelou portrays the black community of people who have experienced the same fate as her in her poem "Still | Rise," in which she describes how she was subjected to discrimination throughout her life. She justifies how her ancestors were mistreated and the cruelty they suffered,

This demonstrates her lack of liberty. "She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment" when Mrs. Mallard first hears about her husband's death contrasts with how other women would be shocked and overwhelmed, "paralysed inability." This contrasts with how most women are unable to cope without their husbands; however, Mrs. Mallard understands directly what has happened, which gives the impression that it is quite unnatural, making the reader suspect that her reaction is unusual, due to social prejudice of grieving, and also suggests that their The sentence "great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of husband's death" reflects the story's complexity and her

Angelou uses the phrase "history's shame" to emphasise the message of racism and to illustrate the dehumanisation of slavery in the past. She also uses it to describe how society viewed black life at the time, stating that society should feel remorse for the problems it caused. The use of the metaphor "I'm a black ocean" refers to both the Black race of the past and the Black race of the present. The noun "ocean" refers to the vast majority of people who have been subjected to oppression throughout history, including those who have been subjected to slavery in the past. Angelou uses the metaphor "I am the dream and the hope of the slave" to speak on behalf of the people who did not have a voice. By implying that she wants to accomplish what the slaves could not, she is implying that she is speaking on behalf of the people who did not have a voice. This makes the reader aware of the terrible things that have happened in the