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how does the story of an hour represent american culture?

how does the story of an hour represent american culture?

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    Kate Chopin wrote the story at the close of the 1800s when America was changing for the better. Modernization sprang up at every corner and people sought for the better life. Despite the changes that was happening, women in the society suffered a lot. Working women were looked down upon and they were expected not to work at all but to look after their husbands and children. Middle-class women like Louise Mallard in the story were denied of any freedom and lived under the control of their husbands. They were not free to even form their own thoughts let alone do work. Kate Chopin always believed that women should have freedom like any other individual and that’s what she tried to portray through the story.

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