In "The Story of an Hour," why is Josephine afraid to tell Mrs. Mallard that her husband died?
Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition
In "The Story of an Hour," what is ironic about the sounds Mrs. Mallard hears after she has been told of her husband's death?
They are all sad and lonely sounds
In "The Story of an Hour," the thing that Mrs. Mallard feels approaching her is described as "creeping" and as something that will "possess her," Why are these words ironic?
It is her freedom she feels coming
When Mrs. Mallard says "free, free, free" in "The Story of an Hour," what becomes clear?
Mrs. Mallard is happy to be free of her husband
In "The Story of an Hour," whom does Mrs. Mallard believe she will live for when she thinks her husband has been killed?
for herself
Why does Mrs. Mallard refuse her sister Josephine's offer to keep her company?
Mrs. Mallard needs privacy to confront her true feelings
What happens toward the end of "The Story of an Hour" that changes the entire story?
Mr. Mallard walks through the door
Mrs. Mallard's reflection that she had recently wished for a short life soon has additional irony for the reader because
she gets what she wanted after she stopped wanting it
Readers in Kate Chopin's time must have found "The Story of an Hour" particularly shocking because of the contract between Mrs. Mallard's response to her husband's death and
the response that society would consider appropriate
Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" is a powerful illustration of the
tragedy of thwarted love
What is a major theme of Chopin's "The Story of an Hour
Personal freedom
Under which type of irony would you classify Josephine's fear that her sister will "make herself ill" by grieving alone in her room?
dramatic
Which moment in TSOAH is an example of situational irony?
When Mrs. Mallard whispers, "free, free, free," after hearing of her husband's death
Kate Chopin's TSOAH was
rejected by magazine editors
This story is considered to be
Realist
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not, it is
dramatic irony
When an outcome is the opposite of what is expected, it is
situational irony
When a character says the exact opposite of what he or she really means, it is
verbal irony