3 Most important literary devices
The Story Of An Hour is by Kate Chopin and was written in 1864. It is about a lady with a heart problem called Mrs.Mallard. She gets news that her husband has died in a railroad disaster and is sadden by the news of her husbands death.
Irony
Literary devices are techniques a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing. Some examples are metaphors, foreshadowing, irony, ect. There are many literary devices used in The Story Of An Hour. However there are 3 important and or big literary devices. The first one is irony specifically situational irony. Situational irony is the contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs. It is used through Mrs.Mallards reaction of her husbands death. When she first finds out about her husbands death she grieved like anyone who has lost a loved one, However when she is alone she becomes relieved.
"But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome". Mrs.Mallard is happy that her husband is dead because she is free and is looking forward to the years ahead of her and is happy that she doesn't have to worry about her husband anymore and just having to worry about herself.
IMAGERY
Imagery is language that appeals to any of the five senses." She could see in the open square before her house the tops of the trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." Ms.Chopin used descriptive words to appeal to the readers five senses. She also uses imagery to describe the patches of blue sky outside of her window.
She also states "There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window". She describes the sky to appeal to the readers sight or imagination. She also uses the word west as a symbol of the future, or looking towards the future.
CONFLICT
The final one is Conflict. There are 7 different types of conflict Man vs Man, Man vs Self, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society, Man vs Technology, Man vs Supernatural, Man vs Fate. The conflict in this story is Man vs Society and Man vs Fate. The reason i chose Man vs Society is because she is a women in 1864 who's husband has just died. She can't provide for herself because the men provide for the family and not the women. However, she is relieved that her husband is dead because she is free."She said it over and over under her breath: free, free, free!" She believes she can now do what she wants and not what her husband or anyone else wants.Now Man vs Fate means something the character has no control over. Now i believe Mrs. Mallard had some what control over what happened. I am not saying she had control over her husband death, I mean she had control over her reaction over the situation. "She was beyond the bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome...And yet she had loved him--sometimes." She only grieved for a second and then was happy, when Mrs. Mallard looked out her window and saw the rain and heard the music she became happy. She realized that she could now do what ever she desires to do now that she is free from the shackles that is society.
When the doctor says that Mrs.Mallard "died of heart disease--of the joy that kills" we immediately died from the happiness of her husband being alive but i believe it was the opposite. I believe the reason why she died was that she realized that she would lose her freedom, and her in control of her life. I believe it was the realization that she would lose that joy that killed her.
I thought your blog was really good and when you said a statement, you explained what it means. For example, in the first paragraph when you talked about situational irony I liked how you said how it was used throughout the story and I liked how you used textual evidence to back up what you were saying. When you were talking about conflict I would talk about man vs. society because that was a key role in the reading. In the story there were many instances where she went against the rules of society. Also after your quotes I would expand more on detail and talk about what it means. Overall I thought your blog was very good but next time maybe expand more on detail after your quotes.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I would like to say that your theme is fascinating and caught my eye, it didn't distract me from reading your report, and the usage of the font was perfect as I could read better and understand easily. When it comes to your content on the blog, I would say that I found absorbing how you defined each literary device you chose. Has other readers can find that very helpful. I would recommend to expand a little bit more and leave a conclusion to tie up everything.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog! I especially liked how you added definitions for the terms you were talking about, for example this would be when you said, "Situational irony is the contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs."It really clarified your views on the subject. Along with this, I love how you include text from the evidence and actually use the text to describe your views. one thing that could be improved upon would be to make your pictures match with what you are talking about in the blog. Also try elaborating on a conclusion more to wrap it all up. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteThe content was very good and well thought out. The explanation that you used also added to the post, allowing the reader to accurately understand the idea you are presenting. Very good job. There did seem to some sort of font size increase between the paragraph between irony and imagery. I'm pretty sure that was not intentional, but other than that it seems pretty good.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so, I feel like when you were talking about irony and imagery, you should've explained more about the freedom aspect, especially the blue sky concept. Other than that, your blog was very clear and well organized. You had a detailed explanation for both conflicts where you began explaining the freedom thing more. You also defined every literary device before you started talking about them which was helpful. The thing I enjoyed most was your personal insight on your perspective as to why Mrs. Mallard died at the end.
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