Character Analysis of Women in Kate Chopin's Novels

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The character, in literature, is defined as a representation of an individual being presented
in either a dramatic or a narrative work with the help of an extended or verbal representation.
The character that changes during the course of a story is known as a dynamic character. The
character that demonstrates one or two personality traits is called flat characters. A static
character is one that faces the same challenges but mainly remains unchanged. On the contrary,
Round character signifies characters that are well-developed, closely involved in responsive to
the action (Ehn Kao). In this essay, the characters of women in the novel of the well-known
stories of Kate Chopin will be performed. The three chief characters to be discussed here
includes Mrs Louise Mallard from the story “The story of an hour”,
Mrs Mallard can be considered as a round character since she has been described more in
the story compared to other major characters. For instance, while describing her, the author has
written "she was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain
strength”. Mallard’s character has also been demonstrated as dynamic in the story. The character
has gone through several changes in trait throughout the story. When her sister, Josephine told
Mallard about the death of her husband, she went through a good number of emotions. Initially,
she was sad. The author has demonstrated this by the lines, "she wept at once, with sudden, wild
abandonment, in her sister's arms". While initially, the character was repressed as well as bottled
up, after hearing the death of her Husband, Louis was found to unlock herself. A feeling of being
unburdened as well as free from oppression was seen within Louis. During the era of the 1890s,
times were controversial for women and according to a good number of researchers, Chopin,
through this character has reflected upon her personal life.
Another mention-worthy female character of the story, ‘the storm is Calixta. Unlike the
character of Mrs Mallard, her character is flat and dynamic. The story has portrayed Calixta who