Lesson 38

Today’s Agenda Review Lesson 37 notes “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin irony plot conflict imagery OBJECTIVE: Students will identify examples of imagery, irony, and conflict in “The Story of an Hour” and supply textual evidence.

Review: Feel free to add to your notes. What are the ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY? Plot Conflict Theme Setting Characters What are the ELEMENTS OF PLOT? Exposition Background info Inciting Incident Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

“Living Doll” What is the INCITING INCIDENT? What is the CLIMAX?

SS Unit - Journal #1= Keep journal to turn in at end of unit for points! Prisons and detention centers, animal cages, even children’s playpens – all have bars to keep their inhabitants from escaping. But are these the only kinds of constraints that restrict freedom? Explain.

Kate Chopin February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904 Prevalent Themes of Chopin’s Short Stories and Novels Inequities of traditional marriage Motherhood Class division Arbitrary race distinctions in Southern culture Women’s search for identity Women’s revolt against social norms and conformity

“The Story of an Hour” Title Setting (time period) Time period that elapsed Setting (time period) 1890s The Story of an Hour was considered controversial during the 1890s because it deals with a female protagonist who feels liberated by the news of her husband's death. In Unveiling Kate Chopin, Emily Toth argues that Chopin "had to have her heroine die" in order to make the story publishable.

Why was the story so controversial when it was published?

Read the story and answer the questions located in the margin. “The Story of an Hour” Read the story and answer the questions located in the margin. Link to audio in title

Continue working… Finish answering the questions, if you didn't already. Find and label examples of each of the types of irony (dramatic, verbal, and situational) Find and label examples of internal and external conflict. DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF LESSON 39!!!