EXAM TIME & DATE: 7:00pm to 10:00pm, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 MATERIALS: 1. A Canadian Writer’s Pocket Guide 2.5 Pieces of Prose: A modest proposal, Sunday at the park, Have all the heroes died,...

1. In the story the story of an Hour, it can be noted that Mrs Mallard realized that she could be completely free and liberated only after demise of her husband. when her husband initially dies, she does breakdown, but after a short span of time her tears vanish is as she comes to the realization that now she can eventually lead the kind of life she wanted to all this time, but could not as her life was controlled by her husband. In the story Kate Chopin has made a consistent endeavor to depict the harsh reality faced by women in the society well. She has been fed by her husband all the time and does not have the opportunity to exercise his free will. She always maintained her dignity and always thought about her actions, if it would be approved by a husband and the society or not. Only after her husband dies, she finds the opportunity to take charge offer life in a how own hand. she is filled with hope that she can live a long life and use her freedom to achieve full potential of her life. Though there is certain amount of grief that she lost her husband, but the happiness of gaining freedom is beyond that grief.
2. In the story a rose to Emily it can be noted that Emily has always left an extremely sorrowful and lonely life. Throughout her life she did not have much to do and she simply looked at life of others. It can be noted that as she watches the Negro, which has become greyer, this is testament of the fact that she herself has become older and much lonelier. It is further noted that the term that she uses for Negros is ‘inescapable’, however this also depicts her state as well. she cannot escape from her own life, despite the fact that she has become highly antagonistic about it. Furthermore, it can be noted that the word tranquil has been used for Negro, because she finds their life extremely calm and composed, something that she wishes to have. It somehow gives an inference that Emily also wanted to lead an extremely calm composed life, where she did not have to worry about anything, and lived a normal life with someone to love and care for.
3. The word Trifles means something that is extremely insignificant and not so much important. In the story, it can be noted that Mrs. Wright seemed to have more concern that her preserves might burst, at a critical time when she was being accused of murder and was also being interrogated. Hale had a famous line “Well, women are used to worrying about trifles". this almost appears as irony, because men mostly think that women tend to worry a lot about small and insignificant things, however it is not the reality. Mrs. Hale's and Mrs. Peters' where is eventually capable of solving the murder mystery, despite having significant concern for their preserves. On a broader level it can also be noted, how women are considered trifles in the society, and are not given the amount of respect that they really deserve. In this society men are preferred to women, so if I had to choose another title of the story, it would have been Audacious, because women also have the courage to take bold decisions, and stand for equality and fight for fairness.
4. In the poem ‘Stopping by woods on a snowy evening”, A traveler is shown to be stopping by the road and reflect on the nature,...