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A 5 page research paper that, first of all, summarizes Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." Then the writer offers a brief survey of the problems of detecting heart disease in women before going back to the narrative to discuss how this information affects the story. The writer argues that while heart disease is intrinsic to the narrative, it plays a minor role as the principal point is the feelings of the protagonist toward the restrictive nature of nineteenth century marriage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in a railway accident. Chopin is careful to mention that the news must be broken to her gently due to fact that she has a heart condition. Louise cries and
then retires to her room to reflect on her new situation. Slowly, a feeling of release and freedom creeps over her as she realizes that she is free of the
restrictive confines of nineteenth-century marriage. It is not that she does not love her husband, or that she will not grieve for him-Chopin makes it clear that she does experience
grief-but, the joy she feels comes not so much from freedom from this particular man, as it does from marriage in general. In explaining this, Chopin writes, "There would be
no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention
or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime." Chopin is egalitarian in stating that women are guilty of this also, but that fact is that
the paternalistic nature of nineteenth-century society encouraged men to consider themselves the lords of their households and to "rule" them accordingly. Louise realizes that she is free of this
restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything she has known before, Louise descends the
stairs only to see her husband -- quite alive -- coming through the front door. The shock causes a fatal heart attack and Louise dies. Her family and friends assume
that she died of "joy," but the reader knows that this is not true, she died of disappointment. Surprisingly, if this story were transposed to the present, there would still
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