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Short Story Of An Hour Summary

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I. ELEMENTS OF THE STORY
1. Setting
The story is set in the late nineteenth century in the Mallard residence or in the Mallard family home.

2. Characters:
*Louise Mallard- Wife of Brently. Sister of Josephine. She’s the one who died because of joy when she saw Brently Mallard, her husband. She has this illness called heart disease.
*Brently Mallard- Husband of Louise Mallard. Friend of Richard. He’s the person they thought dead of the railroad disaster. He’s the cause why Louise Mallard died.
*Josephine- Sister of Louise Mallard. The one who comforted Louise Mallard when she was in trouble.
*Richards- Friend of Brently Mallard.

3. Plot
*Introduction- Louise Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble so if she startled she could die. …show more content…

*Climax- Louise Mallard stayed in her room with no one except her, she begins to feel joyful, then she set herself free and start over since her husband is no longer alive.
*Falling Action- Louise Mallard came out from her room, newly resolved, and they went downstairs with her sister and suddenly, the door opens, Brently Mallard, he’s not dead.
*Resolution- Richards and Josephine protect Louise Mallard from the sight but they didn’t prevent her and she was shocked to see him, she was died of too much happiness.

4. Conflict
External conflict, the weak heart condition of Louise Mallard, the one who seems to be the most powerful. Internal conflict, in which is the uncovering of her true feelings and her self-revelation actually feels happy and free as a result of Brently’s death.

5. Point of View
Third Person Point of View (Omniscient)

6. Tone
The tone of the story is Dramatic Irony because he loses her husband just to realize that she never loved him then she gain a sense of freedom from her late husband. The tone, which begins with hints of sadness, ascends to a state of glee and the tone have descended back into the dreary depression with which it …show more content…

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