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Comparative Commentary - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Liberation
        
        "She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead."
        
        Irony is used here in order to demonstrate how Mrs. Mallard feels about the death of her husband. The author describes how the death of Mrs. Mallards husband has resulted in the intense feeling of liberation in Mrs. Mallard.
    - - Nature
        
        "Bibi laid his little hand on his father's knee and was not afraid"
        
        It is ironic how Bibi is not afraid, yet he is still placing his hand on his fathers leg to seek comfort. The theme of nature is conveyed here because the author wants the reader to understand how it is human nature for one to seek comfort even when one is not afraid.
  - - - Freedom
        
        "There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory."
        
        The author uses simile to describe the feeling of freedom that Mrs. Mallard has acquired. The comparison of her, and a goddess of Victory is significant because it conveys how she feels, like she has just defeated an ultimate threat which has lead her to victory.
    - - Sexual Intimacy
        
        “He pushed her hair back from her face that was warm and steaming. Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seed.”
        
        The simile is used by the author in order to convey the appealingness of Calixta. The author focuses on describing body parts that are sexually appealing to people which allows the readers to get the sense of sexual intimacy between Calixta and Alcee. This allows the author to portray how this increasing sexual intimacy is gradually blinding Calixta and Alcee of ethical values.
  - - - Freedom
        
        "But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through sounds, scents, the color that filled the air.
        
        Personification is evident here and it is being used to emphasize her feeling's severity by giving it humane qualities such as creeping and reaching. This linguistic feature allows that reader to understand how the feeling of freedom is slowly but oppressively taking over Mrs. Mallard.
    - - Nature
        
        "Sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west”
        
        The theme of nature is conveyed by the use of personification because adding threatening human qualities to the storm illustrates the dangerous aspects of nature.
  - - - freedom and hope
        
        "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life."
        
        It is evident that Chopin used symbolism to illustrate freedom and hope because the description of the trees is similar to the hope and freedom that Mrs. Mallard has newly acquired. The use of the phrase "new spring life" allows the reader to comprehend how, like those thriving trees, Mrs. Mallard is experiencing the new spring life filled with freedom and hope now that her oppressive husband is no longer an obstacle.
    - - nature
        
        "...to certain sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west, accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar."
        
        The clouds are described as extremely threatening which symbolizes the dangerous affair that is gradually evolving. The use of symbolism is significant because it allows the reader to see the similarities between the dangerous aspects of human nature and nature.