The way I introduced my text and its fluidity are the elements that I liked the most about my mid-term writing test. What I liked the least would be my first supporting point, which I find not enough elaborated, and some of my sentences that seem a bit awkward, due to my word order that is not always right. I need to work on spelling, on vocabulary, on the sentence style of my text and also on the content of my text. To improve my vocabulary and my spelling skills, I'll try to read more in English. In that way, I'll slowly increase my word banks and it's proven that the more you read, the more you'll develop your vocabulary and your style. Keeping an eye on the documents that you post on MIO won't be a bad idea too! Also, those documents will be very useful to improve my sentence style. Finally, I'll try to ameliorate the content of my text by exploring the subject carefully to make sure that I chose only the best supporting points and that I didn't forget any little elements.
I'll start to work on that now so I can get a better grade to the next writing test!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Mid-term Writing Test
When Death Means Freedom
In the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, society was oriented around men authority in the United States. Women were nothing except a kind of tool used to execute the will of their husband. Kate Chopin used this perception of women during that time in many of her stories and novels to write about the quality of life of women and their status. That brings us to one of her short story, "The Story of an Hour", where Chopin's use of irony is very effective and describes well the feelings of all those women repressed by their husband at that time.
Firstly, the ambiguous emotions and the extreme joy that felt the protagonist, Mrs Mallard, when she learned that her husband had died is ironic. The reaction of that woman when she heard about this bad new is quite surprising because you don't anticipate it. When you marry someone, it's a very normal and expected thing to be extremely sad when you learn that your beloved is dead. Well, not for Mrs Mallard it seems. On the contrary, she felt free and, maybe for the first time since her marriage with Brently Mallard, she felt that she would entirely live for herself. In that case, Chopin used irony to describe how repressed and completely possessed were the women at that time.
Secondly, the death of Mrs Mallard in the ending of " The Story of an Hour" is also very ironic. The main character passed by many emotive steps during his short mourning, which ended by a great feeling of freedom and joy. "Free! Body and soul free!" were the words the widow whispered when she realized how huge was and would be the impact of her spouse's death on her life. However, the unexpected return of Mrs Mallard's husband had spoiled all her plans for her sweet years to come. Therefore, she didn't die because she was extremely and happily surprised to see Brently Mallard alive; she died because the reason of her sudden happiness fell apart.
Finally, Kate Chopin used with a great dexterity the irony in "The Story of an Hour" to express the hidden feelings of women stuck into a repressive relationship with their husband. Also, Chopin's use of irony is well supported by the contrastive imagery that is found throughout the story.
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In the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, society was oriented around men authority in the United States. Women were nothing except a kind of tool used to execute the will of their husband. Kate Chopin used this perception of women during that time in many of her stories and novels to write about the quality of life of women and their status. That brings us to one of her short story, "The Story of an Hour", where Chopin's use of irony is very effective and describes well the feelings of all those women repressed by their husband at that time.
Firstly, the ambiguous emotions and the extreme joy that felt the protagonist, Mrs Mallard, when she learned that her husband had died is ironic. The reaction of that woman when she heard about this bad new is quite surprising because you don't anticipate it. When you marry someone, it's a very normal and expected thing to be extremely sad when you learn that your beloved is dead. Well, not for Mrs Mallard it seems. On the contrary, she felt free and, maybe for the first time since her marriage with Brently Mallard, she felt that she would entirely live for herself. In that case, Chopin used irony to describe how repressed and completely possessed were the women at that time.
Secondly, the death of Mrs Mallard in the ending of " The Story of an Hour" is also very ironic. The main character passed by many emotive steps during his short mourning, which ended by a great feeling of freedom and joy. "Free! Body and soul free!" were the words the widow whispered when she realized how huge was and would be the impact of her spouse's death on her life. However, the unexpected return of Mrs Mallard's husband had spoiled all her plans for her sweet years to come. Therefore, she didn't die because she was extremely and happily surprised to see Brently Mallard alive; she died because the reason of her sudden happiness fell apart.
Finally, Kate Chopin used with
Words: 370
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