The Story of an Hour Group

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rebelgirl
rebelgirl
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In "The Story of an Hour," is the conflict external or internal? Explain.

(external outside force, Internal inside the characters own mind.) This is the short story of The story of an hour. Please explain answer.

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Posted by rebelgirl on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 9:57 PM and tagged with conflict, short story, the story of an hour, themes.

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  1. rowens Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    This question has been answered recently--see the link:

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    I guess to make my previous answer more clear, I would say that the conflict is internal because Louise Mallard is dealing with the contraint she feels by her marriage and the second-class status she has as a woman. Brently, her husband, has never really done anything cruel to her except treat her like a woman--which is to say in her era--like she is weak and helpless without him. Her conflict with her husband, then, is not one of an external nature, but rather in her own feelings of frustration and her dread of living under his authority. She wants to be her own person. And just when she thinks that opportunity has arrived, she sees Brently and realizes that she is in this "prison" of marriage again. The pain of that is more than her heart can stand, and she dies.

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    http://www.enotes.com/story-hour/q-and-a/quot-story-an-ho...

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    Posted by rowens on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 10:10 PM