Literature+Review

Josephine- her sister Husband's friend, Richard
 * = **Title** ||= **Author** ||= **Exposition** ||= **Rising Action** ||= **Climax** ||= **Falling Action** ||= **Resolution** ||= **Relevance Today** ||= **Memorable Quotes** ||= **Ratings** ||
 * "The Story of an Hour" || Kate Chopin || Mrs. Mallard

Mrs. Mallard has a heart //affliction//

1894- published || Richard reports to Mrs. Mallard that her husband was killed in a train accident || Mrs. Mallard felt freedom now that her husband is dead. She had suffered in her relationship with him and he never looked at her with love in his eyes || Mrs. Mallard unlocks the door to her bedroom and walks down the stairs with her sister to begin her new life without her husband || Mr. Mallard opens the front door to the house. He was far from the train accident and was very much still alive. Mrs. Mallard died "of the joy that kills" (irony- dramatic and verbal) || There are still many couples today in unhappy marriages. There are social expectations of males and females. There are social expectations in regard to how one should deal with death. || "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" (Chopin). ||  ||
 * "The Most Dangerous Game" || Richard Connell ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * "The Sniper" ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * "Cask of Amontillado" ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * "Tell-Tale Heart" ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * "The Gift of the Magi" ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * //To Kill a Mockingbird// ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||