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The Story of an Hour
Title: The Story of an Hour
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 984 | Pages: 4.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin lived in the height of the Victorian Era and bore witness to the suppression women experienced in the late 19th century. Females were molded into an ideal form from birth, with direction as how to speak, act, dress, and marry. Women lacked education, employable skills, and rights in any form. In an age where women were physically suppressed by being confined to staying at home, it is not surprising that society imposed standards
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could imagine the backlash that contradicting the basic domestic hierarchy could create. She challenged the supremacy of man, which was extremely dangerous in a society ruled by the male race. Louise experienced only a taste of this freedom and simply couldn’t adhere to these standards of society anymore.
Research
Mallard site
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/adv/kidspage/animals/mallard.htm
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
http://www.connect.net/georgen/maslow.htm
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