Reading for Meaning in 'The Story of an Hour'
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- In this lesson, we will look at the beginning of Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' and consider how we can make predictions about the plot and character based on small extracts from the text.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What does 'reading for meaning' mean?
Discussing what has been read.
Reading and explaining what has happened.
Reading the words on a page.
Q2.
What does the term 'affliction' mean?
A cause of annoyance and anger.
A cause of grief and regret.
A cause of joy and happiness.
Q3.
What do we know for certain about Mrs. Mallard?
She has a brother called Richards.
She hates her husband.
She is very old.
Q4.
How does Mrs. Mallard react when she hears of her husband's death?
After crying into her sister's arms, she sits in silence and refuses to speak.
She becomes angry and refuses to listen to anything anyone says.
She does not react to the news of her husband's death at all.
Q5.
When she is alone, Mrs. Mallard whispers 'Free, free, free!' to herself. What does this suggest about her?
It suggests she is beginning to go mad with grief.
It suggests she thinks she can go the rest of her life without paying for things.
It suggests she wants to feel free.