an analysis of kate chopin’s use of symbolism

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1、AnAnalysisofKateChopin’sUseofSymbolism　　Introduction:KateChopinwasoneofthewomenwriterswhotriedtomakethemselvesrecognizedbytheworld.Shewrotemanyfamousshortnovelsespeciallythestoryofanhour.Inthisshortstory,sheportrayedthefigureofMrs.Mallard,anewfemalewhopursuedperso

2、nalfreedomandindependenceandendedwithatragedy.Throughoutthenovel,Chopinconveysherideasbyusingcraftedsymbols.Thus,thesymbolismperspectiveisadoptedtoanalyzetheStoryofanHour.　　1.LiteratureReview　　KateChopin(1851-1904)wasanAmericanauthorofshortstoriesandnovels.Sheisno

3、wregardedasaforerunneroffeministof20thcentury.AstoryofanhourwasregardedasChopin’soneofunprecedentedworksaboutfeminist.Thisshortstorywaswrittenafterthefirsthigh-tideoffeministicmovementinAmerica.ItdescribedMrs.Mallard’semotionalreactionaboutanincidentinanhour.Symbo

4、lismandKateChopin’sThought.　　1.1.ABriefIntroductiontoSymbolism　　Generallyspeaking，symbolsinfictionsareinanimateobjects.Butsometimesactionsandgestureswithextended5significancethanitsliteralmeaningarealsosymbolic.Raisingarmsmayimplysurrender;noddingheadwithasmileden

5、otesagreement.Inaword,anabundanceofsymbolsexistsinfictionaswellasinlife.　　1.2.KateChopin’sWritingThought　　TothoroughlyunderstandChopinandherwritings,thefirstgeneralprinciplewhichseemshelpfulisthatwehavetomakeclearwhatviewssheholdsoffeminism.　　IntheearlystagesofCho

6、pin’scareer,shehadtriedtofollowtheliteraryexamplesofothers.Bytheendofthenineteenthcentury,shecametobelievethatthetrueartistwasonewhodefiedtradition,whorejectedtherespectablemoralityandtheconventionsandformulasofliterarysuccess.Chopindidnotwishtowriteadidacticfemin

7、istnovel,Insteadshewouldtrytorecord,inherownwayandinherownvoice,theinwardlifeofthewomen.　　2.SymbolicElementsintheStoryofanHour　　TheusageofsymbolsisoneofthemostdistinctivewritingskillsofKateChopin.Peoplemayfindmanysymbolsinsomeofherwritings.ThusAbriefreviewofthecon

8、notationofsymbolismandacarefulanalysisofChopin’sthoughtsinthispapermayhelpusconsiderablytointerpretthenovel.　　2.1.SymbolismintheSetting5　　Thefirstsceneh