Monday, October 8, 2012

Story of an hour: symbolism in the heart disease


Story of an hour: symbolism in the heart disease?
In the story of an hour what is the symbolism in the heart disease?
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1 :
Mrs. Mallard̢۪s heart disease may have resulted from her reaction to her inferior status in a male-dominated culture and to a less-than-ideal marriage. Symbolically, marriage could be termed "the joy that kills" and it weighs upon oppressed women like a "heart disease." The bitter irony of Mrs. Mallard's unpleasant and fatal shock is that the doctors attribute it to joy -- they see no other avenue but for women to love their marriages.
2 :
her heart disease symbolises her bad relationship with her husband


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