Interrogating marital constrains and servitude: Rereading Kate Chopin’s short story titled “The Story of an Hour”

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyze women’s predicament in a patriarchal society. The paper interrogates marital constrains and servitude as depicted in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an hour” and also delves deep into the complex psychological aspects of the protagonist. The research methodology includes close reading of the text.