Monday, September 21, 2009

kate chopin blog

So this story had a twist that I wasn't expecting. In the beginning it was kind of boring and depressing and then towards the middle I was liking it just a bit more, but when the end came along I was totally taken by suprise. The irony lets you find the bittersweentess in the stories ending. Could there actually be someone in this world so unhappy to actually be happy to hear of the death of their spouse? That would definitely be a damn shame in a real person's life. Although the story was short it gave enough detail for us to focus our attention as readers and to try and get us to understand the story.
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5 comments:

  1. Tom LavazziSeptember 22, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    your last sentence needs some clarification, but that is the place to start working. The first impression about her being "happy" about her husband's death is of course complicated by the story's development, as the story's details reveal the more complex and ambivalent nature of Mrs. Mallard's internal conflict, right? After our class discussion of the story, most likely this has becomer clearer...

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  2. shadae320September 25, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    I must agree with your blog. The beginning of this wonderful story threw me for a ride, but later discovered that the story was full of irony and gave great details to the readers. Also the twist was very unexpected.

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  3. anumSeptember 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    I agree with your blog also. The story was great, it had me thinking alot. I was trying to figure out what was going on.. WHY IS THIS WOMAN HAPPY ABOUT HER HUSBAND DEATH!!! But what shocked me the end. It wasnt what i expected but it was really good. Surely unexpected.

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  4. -Go Girl-September 27, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    I don't think she was happy he was dead, I think she was happy that she would be "alive" (not in the sense of outliving her husband) and would be able to do things that she hadn't really ever done whilst in a married state. the prospect of liberation is what I think she was most happy about.

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  5. AnomineSeptember 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    I agree with Go Girl. I don't think it was the death that she was so happy about as much as the freedom that came from being free from the limitations of marriage. One would think that if you're so unhappy in your marriage then you should leave, but at the time this story was written I don't think that divorce was as common as it is now. It may also have been looked down upon.

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