The_Story_Of_An_Hour

The Story Of An Hour The Story of an Hour In Kate Chopin’s short story “ The Story of an Hour,” there is much irony. The first irony detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard. She is immediately overcome with sadness. However, once she is alone she allows herself to experience her feelings of joy at the prospect of being free from “repression.” She is no more able to staff off the feeling that was approaching her than trying to stop the waves from hitting the shore. Basically stated we are powerless over our feelings. First, one can state that no matter how hard we try we cannot keep a feeling from coming over us. Louise’s’ feelings come from deep within her soul. Physical exhaustion followed her first storm of grief. At first she did not know what was coming to her. She could not even give it a name. When she started to recognize it, she was trying to beat it back with sheer will power. Only to find that will power is no match for the total encompassing of feelings. story, one, feelings, life, joy, hour, freedom, free, felt, soul, own, over, louise, irony, herself, first, feeling, come, being, word, trying, true, strongest, spring, short, self-assertion, quick, power, once, new, much, matter, mallard, louise’s, living