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The Story of an Hour
I have read The Story of an Hour, however, I as a rule do not like short stories. I can't explain why, I just despise them, and anyone in turn that writes them.Originally Posted by StealDragon
Also, I remember loathing the woman in that story, that thinks of her husband, or any human in general, in such a callous manner, to think of the death of someone in such a way. If that is an example of feminism, you are not helping your case.
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What? Don't tell me you don't believe theres a reason a wife would love to see her husband dead. A reason why she'd be happy to be and I quote, "Free! Body and Soul free!".
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I am saying I don't think ANY human has a right to rejoice at the death of another human, barring that human is a monster on an unheard of scale(Stalin, Hitler, etc.).
Man, and you say I am an unfeeling person. How can a "liberal" thinking individual value life so lowly?
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Well, humans do have the right to rejoice at the death of others (why wouldn't they?). It is not a good idea to express those feelings in public, though.
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Being liberal doesn't mean I fawn over every little dead person like some PETA member with an LSD overdose. Quite the contrary, I think there are some damn good reasons to be happy someone dies.
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I raise a toast to the the souls that sang all along. I've been gathering friends to just to make some sounds,
before the ship goes down, I've been making amends by making the rounds before the whole world ends
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Yeah, a man I married of my own free will just died. He provided for me, and I am unhappy with him. He never hurt me, and, cultural taboo's aside, I can divorce him whenever I want. However, I would rather, instead of not marrying him in the first place or divorcing him, just rejoice at the thought of him dying.
That is what we call a "horrible human being."
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Oh god, A Doll's House? I saw that mentioned earlier - I hated that story. I always felt that woman was totally irresponsible - the guy admitted to being naive about what he was doing and wanted to make it up to her, and she not only leaves him but her young children just because she feels she needs to grow up? Isn't that a bit immature, though, to put yourself above the innocent children that you brought into this world?
I understand the point the writer was making for the time, but I found it an awful book to study for modern-day grade 12 English.
~Digital_Eon~
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Wow. Assume much? They never said they got married of free will. They never said he didn't hurt her. Never said he did anything for her. The story is from 1894, I doubt there was much divorcing going on. I think its crazy you think she'd have that reaction completely unfounded and considering the words on the page how you could assume he didn't do anything wrong is beyond me. Especially given how powerful her reaction was. O_o
For those who haven't read it, its really short: "The Story of an Hour"
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before the ship goes down, I've been making amends by making the rounds before the whole world ends
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That doesn't sound to me like he ever really hurt her, or treated her badly at all.
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She describes that as a bitter moment though.
Yeah. I think it speaks for itself.There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.
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before the ship goes down, I've been making amends by making the rounds before the whole world ends
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