Instructor The Story Of An Hour Born Katherine

NameInstructor CourseDate The Story of an HourBorn Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Kate Chopin was an American writer who was best known for her stories about the inner lives of sensitive, daring women. Her work has been featured in margarines such as the Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Youth's Companion. Her novel The Awakening and her short stories are read today in countries around the world, and she is widely recognized as one of America’s essential authors. The Story of an Hour was written on April 19, 1894, and published in Vogue on December 6, 1894. It features four main characters; Louise Mallard, Brently Mallard: husband of Louise who was believed to be dead, Josephine: sister of Louise, and Richards: friend of Brently Mallard. At the end of the story, the doctor states that Louise died of joy that kills. The use of “joy that kills” is an irony because true joy never kills. Joy refers to a feeling of great happiness that arises from something exceptionally good or satisfying. The word joy has been used twice in the story while referring to Louise. First, the word is used in