Emotional abuse in kate chopin’s "The story of an hour"

Abstract EN

Violence against women is a social illness and violent behavior directed at females, and it takes many forms, namely: emotional.

to increase interest and raise awareness of this social issue as depicted in creative literary genres e.g., short stories, this research provides an analysis of the issue of the emotional abuse against women in the american context through textual analysis of kate chopin’s “the story of an hour”.

this recognized short story illustrates the ugly reality of the pain and grief normally suffered by many american women living in a patriarchal society.

by appropriating feminist, patriarchal, and analytical approaches of “the story of an hour”, this paper provides evidence that chopin’s depiction of emotional abuse against women as a social deficiency is due to gender inequality and irrational social beliefs in the American context.