Changing the content text of story to fit the modern day is acceptable but should not have to lose the meaning of the story. Even Genius.com accidently or intentionally switch N word to R word would have different meaning to readers. It was understandable that N word is very offensive to mention in any form and it is racism in our society now. You may see on the television that some show has to alter to fix the general public view on television. Similarly, if Genius.com intentionally switch the word and put a notation at R word that some wording have been changed from original version. If it is no longer under copyright. I believe the readers will understand what it means.
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Discussion “A Story of a Hour” and “A Jury of her Peers”
The two stories many similarites and differences. Similarites are main characters are women. Women that live in the shadows of their husbands and are liberated by their deaths. Differences are one husband died in an accident the other died at the hands of his wife. We read each story from two point of views and get invloved in the chararcters lives differently.
in “A Jury of her Peers” we know Mrs. Wright from Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. No one really knew Mrs. Wright’s current life just what she once was and where she is at the moment. From Mrs. Hale’s knowledge of Mrs. Wright we know she was a vibrant young women who was polite and cared how she looked. From Mrs. Peter’s knowledge Mrs.Wright is in a cold jail cell only asking for her apron, as if its a secruity blanket. We don’t get any facts just what others recall regarding Mrs. Wrights life. It would’ve been nice to get inside her head to know what happened and why. We only know he’s gone.
In “A Story of a Hour” we personally get to know Louise. We were inside her mind, we felt her emotions and saw what she saw. We as the readers felt distraught with her regarding her husbands death, the we were happy with the world outside her window and her current freedom. She was ready to go outside and breathe the fresh air until her husband opened the door and she died. The story says she died of joy, but we know the facts and she died because her hunsband didn’t.
Both stories “A Jury of her Peers” and “A Story of a Hour” are set inside the homes of the wives. Mrs Wright’s life just by the visual of her home was disorganized and in an eerie part of town. Unlike Mrs. Wright’s house Louise’s house was full of life and possibility. I symathize with both ladies. Mrs.Wright probably had a difficult life from being with someone who no one cared for, she made sure she would be free. Louise was free by a tragic accident yet she saw potential in her new life long years became a life full of joy she was free of having the same everyday life, she died in order to contunue to live free.
THE STORY OF AN HOUR & A JURY OF HER PEERS
The Story of an Hour & A Jury of Her Peers are two stories that are different in many ways but have similarities as well.
In The Story of an Hour, Mrs. Mallard goes into shock and many stages of emotions after hearing the news of her husband’s death. She, I would say is “”relieved” and feels free after hearing the news. She later on, dies of a heart attack.
A Jury of her Peers is also about a husband’s death. It was a sudden death of Mr. Wright, finding out that he was murdered by Mrs. Wright at the end of the story. From reading the story, I believe some abuse and damage was done in closed doors, that had ended the way it did.
I understand how the character acted the way the did even if I do not agree with the outcomes. I do not judge them differently. Everyone has their own reactions to different situations.
The other characters and the narrators influence our understanding of the protagonists by using many details and context clues in the story. The setting also plays a big role in both the stories. The time the story was told 1800s, I would say men were way more dominant and has more control of their spouses. It would be different if the stories settings is changed today. In conclusion, the setting played a big role in how the both stories played out.
Tableau
Tableau – a view or sight that looks like a picture
Found in “A Rose For Emily” 2nd section.
“That was when people had begun to feel really sorry for her. People in our town, remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last, believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were. None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the two of them framed by the back-flung front door. So when she got to be thirty and was still single, we were not pleased exactly, but vindicated; even with insanity in the family she wouldn’t have turned down all of her chances if they had really materialized.”
Intro of Myself
My name is Shanice, I was born in Jamaica, Queens in New York. I grew up in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn New York. I’m currently in my third year at City Tech and I am majoring in Computer Systems Technology CST. I picked this major because I would stay on the computer for hours, then wonder, “where did the time go?” Then I came to the conclusion that computers may be an area of interest and what I would want to do in life.Throughout my interaction with the computer and its various programs, I was inspired to research career opportunities in the field of computer technology. Initially, I thought business would be my major and I researched various high schools that offered business courses, but when I started to take those courses, my priorities changed, computer technology captivated me. Hopefully, in my last few semesters at this school, I can grasp enough information to be confident to go out into the workplace and find my dream job.
As of now, I work at Macy’s and at a Catering center. When I first starting working at Macy’s, I was excited and nervous at the same time. I thought I would actually like this job, and it would be a great experience to have. But boy was I wrong, I used to say I would never work at a retail job, that was a huge lie. Every time I know I have to work, I start to become annoyed. Some of you might say why am I still there, but don’t worry I’m not planning on staying there for too long. Catering is not too bad, I also prefer that job over Macy’s. I’ve been working at the Catering center for about 6 years. Although you might deal with some rude customers, I look forward to going to that job. I guess its because that job is on-call. One definite thing I like about this job is my managers and coworkers, I get along well with them and we like each other. Besides that boring part of my life, there are some more other boring activities I can add to it. I love to sleep, listen to music and killing my brain cells by watching T.V.
In addition, I look forward to enjoying this class because the class is a hybrid class making it partially online. It gives me another excuse to stay on the computer. Not only that, but I noticed I learned and retain information better when I take an online classes, the work is hands on. Hopefully with this class the outcome can be the same, because I can take advantage of my love of computers and learn simultaneously.
Eaves
Eaves – the lower border of a roof that overhangs the wall —usually used in plural.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eave
Used in “The Story of An Hour” fifth paragraph; last line. The word was used as a noun in the sentence to describe the thing on which the birds were twittering.
The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
She was describing the scene before her, and could hear the chirping of sparrows on the roofs around her. At first, I thought eaves may have meant trees, and was surprised to find that it meant the underneath a roof. Its almost like a little alcove.
A Jury of her Peers/The Story of An Hour
I enjoyed ‘A Story of An Hour’ by Kate Chopin more than I did “Jury of Her Peers’ and the length was not the reason. Although shorter, A Story of An Hour gave more insight on Louise’s feelings better enabling the reader to connect to her. ‘Jury of Her Peers’ on the other hand gave us diverse characters letting us be the judge of them through their actions rather than internal feelings.
The two stories albeit being different were very similar. A key theme in the two stories would be the rebellion of women [against men]. From the clues given in the stories you can assume both Mrs. Mallard and Mrs. Wright were dominated by their husbands.
Mrs. Mallard in ‘The Story of An Hour’ hears the news of her husbands death but unlike other women doesn’t go into shock instead grieves. She goes through the stages of grief and comes into terms with the death. Realizing her new found freedom she has an epiphany and dreams of living her life for herself on her own accord rather than for her husband. The first thing mentioned in this story is her heart problems so it’s safe to assume this statement foreshadows her death. The news of her husbands death had no effect on her heart condition, so you can bet a bigger news would soon arrive. The ‘big news’ so to speak was the sudden arrival of Mr. Mallard, her husband, who turns out wasn’t dead after all. Mrs. Mallard, who at this point was elated and full of joy, gets shocked at seeing her husband alive gives out a cry and dies of a heart attack. “The joy that kills’
Mrs. Wright on the other hand is under question for the death of her husband. The story starts of with Mrs. Hale, Mr. Hale, The Sheriff and his wife [Mrs. Peters] going to Mrs. Wrights house. Mr. Hale tells the story of how he went the night before to ask Mr. Wright something in front of his wife, after knocking on the door a few times someone [Mrs. Wright] tells him to enter. He sees her sitting on the chair and asks her to call John, to which she laughs, and says she can’t. She then tells Mr. Hale John[Mr. Wright] is dead, a rope round his neck had killed him. They find clues in the house that indicated at the harsh demeanor of Mr. Wright towards Mrs. Wright. -he killed her pet bird- A key point in the story would be when Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter were alone and had the conversation about John, the bird and Minnie Foster [Mrs. Wright] They spoke about John described him as ‘a harsh man… like raw wind that gets to the bone.’ They find the bird cage and then the bird itself, in a box with it’s neck wrung, in Minnie’s basket. They hid the box when the sheriff came back in the kitchen, Mrs. Hale knew Minnie Foster and said she liked the bird and wanted to bury it (justifying why the bird was in the box). Mrs. Peters claimed they didn’t know who killed the bird to which Mrs. Hale said she knew John. She convinced Mrs. Peters (who thought people should pay for their crimes) and they hid the evidence and gave Minnie a not guilty verdict.
In both stories the women rebelled against conformity [by going against their husbands]. Louise Mallard’s way was much more subtle than that of the ladies from ‘A Jury of Her Peers’ she internally rebelled by not going into shock over her husbands death but rather by overcoming it and finding her freedom. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters rebelled by hiding evidence and calling Mrs. Wright not guilty.
Just goes to show how two completely different stories can connect through similar aspects; husbands death and the sense freedom that came along with it as well as breaking the norm.
Tumultuously
Tumultuously – Adjective – loud, excited, and emotional. via Merriam-Webster
Encountered in the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, paragraph ten, sentence one.
“Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will–as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!””
The word helps describe how she couldn’t hold her true feelings about her husband any more and it figuratively escaped from within her.
A Rose for Emily
In section one, the narrator is at Emily Grieson’s funeral. He tells us the Grierson family’s presence and role in the town, saying that Emily’s father loaned money to the town and was exempted from paying taxes by Colonel Sartoris. After her fathers death, the town tried readmitting the tax on Emily, but Emily refused to pay, saying they should see Colonel Sartoris, not knowing he has died almost a decade ago. I started questioning Emily’s sanity at this point, solely because of the state of her home after her death, smelly and seemingly unkempt even though she had a helper, and her not knowing the death of the man who allowed her family to go without paying taxes for so long for nearly ten years.
The narrator tells us how Emily never went outside of her home after the death of her father. The Grierson’s held themselves higher than everyone else and the town notice that, so when Emily lost her father, people thought Emily were finally at their “level”.
“Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized”.
The women at the funeral noticed how smelly the house was but brushed it off, saying it was typical of a man to not know how to clean properly. The narrator recalled that members of the community went to Emily’s house after dark and sprayed lime juice in her cellar, because of the stench. Even though she had a crazy aunt, the community didn’t call Emily crazy at the time. Emily’s father was overbearing on her and never allowed her to interact with men. Being Emily’s only interactions with a man, the town understood why she wasn’t acting ordinary.
Emily is seen buying poison for no specific reason. I assumed when the drug store assistant gives her the poison without any explanations, even though by law you need to say what you’ll be using it for, he might of thought she wanted to commit suicide and felt sorry for her, just like the majority of the community.
A reoccurring phrase that has been used ever since her father’s death is “Poor Emily”. It was said in the beginning of section 4 when everyone thought Emily would end her own life, even though she was seen with Homer Barron. When word got around that she was buying certain items, such as a men’s suit and nightgown, they assumed Emily reconsidered and settled down with Homer. They didn’t see much of Emily or Homer afterwards, but no flags were risen because this was the first man besides her father Emily has ever been with to this degree and assumed they wanted to be left alone together.
Everyone discovers the dead body of Homer on Emily’s bed and a lock of Emily’s hair, implying that she has been sleeping with Homers body after he passed. I assume she killed him with the rat poison she purchased early in the story. The author kind of foreshadowed this by stating earlier that Emily refused to accept the death of her father and had him in her house for three days before she was forced to bury him.
Sibilant
Sibilant – having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sibilant
Located on the fifth page of “A Rose for Emily” 2nd paragraph; third line. It was used as an adjective in the sentence describing what Emily’s aunts were doing during the funeral.
With the crayon face of her father musing profoundly above the bier and the ladies sibilant and macabre.
I took sibilant to perhaps have meant in mourning. The word sibilant in actuality means to speak in hushed voices. I could then go on to imagine that they may have been gossiping in hushed voices during the wake.
