I noticed a few symbols in "The Story of an Hour". They played a prevalent part in the story because of the widdled-down setting which takes place in one house, and in one hour. It's noted that springtime is among where the characters live which symbolizes the good days that lie ahead of Mrs. Mallard, spent free from her controlling husband who allegedly died in a train crash. A few paragraphs allude to this symbolism such as paragraph six, which makes mention of patches of blue sky, to further insinuate that her life is entering a clear forecast. A few metaphors stay on theme with symbolic weather like "storm of grief" (paragraph three), and "breath of rain" (paragraph five).
An oxymoron I noticed is used to foreshadow the formidable ending of the story. The "monstrous joy" she experienced reflecting on how her life will change. At the end, the doctors ironically comment that it was "joy that kills", when in fact, she was shocked to death that Brently Mallard was inexplicably alive at her front door, and the information she received earlier about his death was false.
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