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The Storm, The Story Of An Hour - Coggle Diagram
The Storm
Parallelism
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“They did not heed the crashing torrents and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms” (P25)
Theme: Intimacy/ passion
(Chopin illustrates the storm during the climax between Calixta and Alcee. There is Parallelism in the way that their passion for each other equals the intensity of the storm.)
Social Connection:
When kids are afraid of the loud storm, their parents will usually hold them until the storm passes to make them feel better. The louder the storm, the tighter the parent will hold their child.
“The playing of the lightning was incessant. A bolt struck a tall chinaberry tree at the edge of the field… Calixta put her hands to her eyes, and with a cry, staggered backward. Alcee’s arm encircled her, and for an instant he drew her close and spasmodically to him.”
Theme:
Nature/Intimacy
(As the storm gets more intense, Alcee and Calixta get closer together. The parallelism shows that they get closer to each other as nature becomes stronger, implying that their intimacy is also natural. This is further implied by the word choice spasmodically, which makes the event sound purely instinctual.)
Imagery
“She sat at a side window sewing furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching storm” (P6)
Theme: Gender (“The Storm” takes place during the 19th century when it was most common for women to stay at home and work. The imagery Chopin uses to show Calixta sewing symbolizes her gender role in the family. Furthermore, her husband and son were not home during the beginning of the storm implying that they were working to provide for their family)
Historical context:
During the 19th century, men were expected to work in factories while women stayed at home to cook and clean.
“But she felt very warm and often stopped to mop her face on which the perspiration gathered in beads.” (P5)
Theme: Nature (Oftentimes a storm brings heat and humidity. This was the first time that the author mentioned Calixta was “hot” and right before the quotation the “approaching storm” was mentioned. Again, it seems that with every advancement of the storm she seems to get hot. There is no mention of her being hot after the storm is “distant and passing.)
Calixta is having “symptoms” that mirror the storm. A real life example of this happens in pregnant women. Sometimes when a baby in the womb is in distress or has some kind of condition the mother will mirror the baby’s symptoms.
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The Story Of An Hour
Imagery
“But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.” (P9)
Theme: freedom (shortly after this she has an epiphany that she is free and she realizes this through the sensations through her window. The sights and sounds of the outside help her understand that she is free to experience her own life independent of marriage.)
Effect on reader: The imagery that this quote represents helps the readers get a better understanding of how Mrs.Mallard felt when she found her new independence
When people are freed, often the first thing they do is explore and use their new freedoms to the fullest. She was thinking about all the things she would do with her newfound freedom which is why they describe her mind as “running riot”
“She was young,With a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off Yonder on one of those patches of blue sky” (P8)
This paragraph also shows how short life is and how she feels time goes super slow while in her marriage. The literary device of visual imagery is used to enrich the theme of brevity of hope as it makes the reader feel like the main character
Theme: Brevity of Hope (imagery helps the readers visualize that Ms. Mallard was starting to become sad and unmotivated.)
Metaphors
“She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.” (P19)
Theme: Independence (Before Bentley’s death, her “shudder thought” was one full of fear. However now that she is free and independent, she is happier.)
Social Context:
This is relatable because whenever one is super happy, they usually feel like life is long and joyous. Similarly, when Bentley died, Mallard found happiness and found worth in living her life to the fullest.
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