Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin's the "Story of an Hour" includes a vast amount of literary devices. Irony, foreshadowing, personification, imagery, symbolism, metaphor and repetition are some of the major literary techniques used by Chopin within this short story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard. Although the story covers only one hour in the life of the main character, the use of these various literary techniques present the theme of the story to the reader in a very entertaining manner.
The "Story of an Hour" is primarily a story of great irony. Irony is first demonstrated when Mrs. Mallard who has a serious heart condition finds out the news about the sudden death of her husband. Although she appears upset and goes to her room to grieve his death alone, she stares out the window and realizes that she has many new opportunities ahead of her now that her husband is gone. Ironically, Mrs. Mallard dies at the end of the story because she is disappointed to find out her......
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