hello fellow classmates and teacher, im going to keep this short and sweet [or bitter?] and to the point.
Louise is a whore. she is a whore who died of a heart attack [LOL]
this story was an interesting and refreshing read. Louise died of a heart attack the second she saw her what she thought was dead, husband walk through the door. Like Kate says " It was only yesterday she had thought with
a shudder that life might be long" and the constant repeating phrase of ""Free!
Body and soul free!" this one was laid out in plain text [maybe not too plain] that she couldnt live another day married to her husband whom she was more often than not NOT IN LOVE!
hello there i am a student in English 4000, I just wondered what was going thought your mind when writing this? to me this story was a tragedy, how Ms mallard had gone though a big change she realized she did not love her husband an she realized that she could live for her self but in the end her husband comes back an it shocked her so hard she had died thus the last sentence "when the doctors came they said she died of a heart disease--of the joy that kills" this part had made me feel sad she had broke free but that freedom was taken back.
ReplyDeletei understand what you're thinking Joseph, and i AT FIRST thought the same shit .. until i re read and re read and re read the story once more and you start to add up little cues here and there and this is how i got to where i got to, allow me to give you a different perspective ... the story starts off by saying she has heart trouble; okay noted .. you should have noted that instead of taking it to heart, it may literally mean she has heart trouble (heart disease etc) or it can be FIGURATIVELY as in, she has heart trouble because her cheating husband constantly "breaks her heart" [LOL} ... note #1 literal meaning and alternate meanings noted... now lets continue ... note #2 , literally the next paragraph "She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance" .. what does that mean ? meaning #1 she did not have any heart trouble hearing her husband DIED [LOL] , meaning #2 she did not burst out in tears or burst out in any emotion for that matter (emotionless, numb to this shit, aka the news that her hubby/husband/man DIED didn't affect her... at all) (makes you wonder, what kind of married ho does not give a fuck that her HUSBAND (read: the marriage process is lengthy, this is not a bf , but a HUSBAND --she had to have gotten marriage papers, changed her last name and possibly said vowels at the very minimum, you cannot just say "hey my last name is your last name, and we are married, shit is lengthy [i know but not by personal experience, i am not married i just know its lengthy) ... now i can continue to break down every other sentence which basically reinforces my point, but i am sure you are starting to see something now .. if not let me re quote a few paragraphs down ... "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 hte breath: "free, free, free!" " .... i'm going to just leave that there , her husband died and shes chanting "free, free , free" ....... if you need further assistance i will be happy to continue analyzing (read:breaking it down) further , sorry for the late reply, I will be checking my blog and others daily so I will respond the same day no need to wait a week for my response [sorry again man] , but they say good things come to those who wait [LOL] no seriously now do you see what was going through my mind ? do you see my point or is it still , not clear ?
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ReplyDeleteYou started off your blog with "Louise is a whore." I am wondering if this is because you think there were other external reasons not touched upon in the story...? Your post was very brief, a bit haste in my opinion.
ReplyDeletehey V; read my reply above to joseph for more clarification , i will give you some clarification here as well ... I started my blog off that way because i came to the conclusion after reading the story 8x ... I have valid and plentiful points of which i mentioned above and will mention some for you as well ... Louise chanted "free free free" in a room ALONE after hearing news of her husbands death! I mean c'mon , who would want to be "free" unless you were having dreams / fucking on the side / or did not want to be in the union (marriage) you are in [LOL] .. still have some doubts? cool .. lets break down this excerpt right here V; "She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome. " ... "She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her" she clearly was not BOTHERED nor HURT from her HUSBAND'S DEATH is what we can clearly infer from this sentence, she not only did not feel empty or hurt, but she a possible joy, actually no that is reducing the significance, she had a MONSTROUS JOY take over her .. next sentence "She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death;" .. I mean really, this whore is going to "weep" when she saw him again in a COFFIN (read: arms folded in death bed) , I mean come on your husband dies you are going to "weep" V ? you might cry a river, you might have suicidal thoughts, but what you are not going to do is "weep" half a tear [LOL] .. next sentence .. "the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely" .. okay so we know also he clearly DID NOT love her (or at least in her perception, she did not feel loved from him) since she said his face "never looked save with love upon her" ... and (prepare yourself V)the punch to your stomach if you still feel remorse for this low key whore (high key) ... "she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely" ... so basically her "weeping" at her husband's funeral was just going to be "bitter moment" , and she has a lot of long years that would belong to HER not to her husband [LOL] no wonder this bitch died when she seen him at the end, she already had day dreamed spreading them cheeks to other freaks ... no seriously, I can continue to analyze the story and break it down even further if you still do not get it, sorry for the late reply, i will be checking the blog daily so I will get back to you the same day (same night in actuality) [again sorry for the late reply] ... see my point of view ? feel free to disagree and please support your point of view, show me what i missed ... [reminder: don't forget to read my reply above to joseph]
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