Kate Chopin American Author Key Facts Life Born

Kate Chopin American Author

Key Facts Life • Born 1850 (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) • Died 1904 (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) Genre • Novel • Short Story School (type) • Feminism • Realism Themes • Many focus on themes related to women's search for selfhood, for self-discovery or identity. • Many also focus on women's revolt against conformity, often against gender conformity or against social norms that limit women's possibilities in life. • Others write about women's understanding of feminine sexuality or women's experience of motherhood, pregnancy, or childbirth.

Major Works "The Storm" "At the 'Cadian Ball" (prequel to "The Storm") "The Story of an Hour" "Désirée's Baby" "A Pair of Silk Stockings" "A Respectable Woman" "Athénaïse" "Beyond the Bayou" (a children's story) "A No-Account Creole" (Chopin's first short story) "Lilacs" "Fedora" "A Point at Issue!" (an early Chopin short story) "Madame Célestin's Divorce" "Ripe Figs" (a children's story) "Her Letters" (now being filmed)

“The Story of an Hour” The Unities • Events take place in a single day. • Events take place in a single location • Events take place as a part of a single story line with no subplots.

“The Story of an Hour” Directions: As you read the story, look for key elements. • • Setting Characters Plot Point of view Conflict Foreshadowing Theme Symbols

“The Story of an Hour” Setting • • • Place Time Weather conditions Social conditions Mood

“The Story of an Hour” Characters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Who Who Who

“The Story of an Hour” Louise Mallard 1. Characteristics 2. Developing or static?

“The Story of an Hour” Brently Mallard 1. Characteristics 2. Developing or static?

“The Story of an Hour” Plot

“The Story of an Hour” Point of view • Innocent eye? • Stream of consciousness? • First person? • Omniscient limited? • Omniscient objective?

“The Story of an Hour” Conflict

“The Story of an Hour” Foreshadowing

“The Story of an Hour” Theme

“The Story of an Hour” Symbols 1. First symbol: 2. Second symbol: