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1、Summary WritingThe Story of an Hour学院：电气学院学号：1110100111实用英文写作7班姓名：胡瑞Summary of the Story of an HourIn the story of The Story of an Hour, the author Kate Chopin narrated what happened to Mrs. Mallard, who was afflicted with a heart trouble, in an hour. The story not only shows her pursuit of mental f

2、reedom but also emotional independence.When she heard of her husbands death in a railroad disaster, “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sisters arms.” After the storm of grief, Mrs. Mallard went away to her room alone. In the room, she sank into the chair with her body inactive

3、and shook with a sob. She could see many things such as trees, rain and sky. All of them seems have connections with her sad mood. Then she whispered of freedom. She knew that she loved her kind and tender husband, but she just couldnt help whispering :“Free! Body and soul free!” What caused her con

4、fusing feelings? That was the restriction of social ethics. Mrs. Mallard desired for freedom, but traditional ethics warned her that she could not feel luck to get freedom that resulted from the death of her husband. Fancying this freedom, Mrs. Mallard went out from the room with a “feverish triumph

5、”. The end of the story was satiric, Mrs. Mallard saw her husband Brently Mallard entering the house, but Richards was too late. When the doctor came she had died of heart diseaseof joy that kills. The doctors, Mrs. Mallards husband and her other relatives believed that it was her excitement of Mr. Mallard coming home that caused Mrs. Mallards death. But in fact, it was Mrs. Mallards despair of freedom after her husbands coming back that resulted in her death.2 . . . ., ” , . , , . , , , . 胡 作文 0 学气