Story of an Hour

Question 1

Author

Answer 1

Kate Chopin

Question 2

Connection

Answer 2

The Yellow Wallpaper

Question 3

Why this story?

Answer 3

Female oppression, domestic expectations and roles, current societal construct of marriage

Question 4

Themes

Answer 4

Fantasy vs reality, freedom, independence, happiness, self-identity, marital outer image vs inner reality, forbidden joy of independence, marital burdens, newfound excitement and expectations for future, youth, imagination, dreams, ambitions, social construct + confinements of marriage, light vs dark, inside vs outside

Question 5

Tone

Answer 5

Pessimistic to optimistic to death, confinement vs open space freedom, confined to freedom to unable to process weight

Question 6

Diction

Answer 6

Somber to unbridled joy to disbelief, depressed to cured and expecting

Question 7

Literary devices

Answer 7

Imagery, symbolism, situational irony, metaphor, simile, personifications, foreshadowin