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1、ProfessorShuqingAdvancedEnglishWriting11November2014ARhetoricalAnalysisof“TheStoryofanHour”“TheStoryofanHour”isashortstorywrittenbyKateChopininLouisiana1894,itisconsideredasanoutstandingworkoffeministliterature.Inthisstory,thethemeoftheawakeningandstruggleofwomen’sse

2、lf-consciousnessisthroughouttheentireessaybytheuseofmultiplerhetoricaldevices.Intheessay“TheStoryofanHour”,Chopinusesthethird-personnarrationalongwithseveralrhetoricaldevicestomakethestorysuchasuccess.Byusingthirdpersonnarrationtheauthorknowseverysinglethingofthechar

3、acters,andshecanreflectcontentasobjectivelyaspossiblewithoutthelimitationoftimeandspace.Therefore,shechoosesthemosttypicalscenestoshowtheprotagonist’spsychologicalchangesandplotthestoryinanimpressiveway.Thishelpsreaderstogetmoreinformationfromtheauthor’sdescription.F

4、orexample,itisclearattheverybeginningofthestorythatMrs.Mallardisafflictedwithhearttrouble.Thissuggeststhatthistroubleisbothphysicalandemotional,aproblembothwithherbodyandunhappinesswithherlackoffreedom.Thissymbolismherealsoindicatesherend.ItisMrs.Mallard’shearttroubl

5、ethatinfluencesallherreactionsaswellasothercharacters.Thenewsofherhusband’sdeathisbroughttoher“asgentlyaspossible”.ThereasonMrs.Mallard’ssisterJosephineandherhusband’sfriendRichardsbreakthenewslikethis,isbecausethattheyfearthenewscouldmakeherconditionworsen.Asexpecte

6、d,Mrs.Mallard“weptatonce,withsudden,wildabandonment”and“Whenthestormofgriefhadspentitselfshewentawaytoherroomalone.”Theword“storm”showsthatitisaneasycomeeasygosituationforMrs.Mallard.Itisironicforawomanwholovesherhusbandendshercryingsoquickly.Byusingthirdpersonnarrat

7、ion,ChopinfreelychangesthesceneintoMrs.Mallard’shouseanddirectlydepictsthefeelingandpsychologicalactivityofMrs.Mallard.Whenshelooksatthe“newspringlife”outsideherwindow,asubtleandelusivethingfromthe“sky”comesintoherbosom.“Herpulsesbeatfast,andthecoursingbloodwarmedand

8、relaxedeveryinchofherbody”and“self-assertionwhichshesuddenlyrecognizedasthestrongestimpulseofherbeing!”.The“newspringlife”and“sky”h