第一篇：The Story of An Hour,一小时的故事
一小时的故事（1894）
凯特·肖邦（1851-1904）
知道马兰德夫人（Mrs.Mallard）的心脏很衰弱，他们尽可能小心翼翼地把她丈夫死亡的消息告诉她。
玛兰德的姐姐，约瑟芬(Josephine)，用不连贯的语言，遮遮掩掩地给她暗示着。她丈夫的朋友，理查兹(Richards)也在那儿，就在她身边。在列有布伦特·马兰德(Brently Mallard)名字的火车事故遇难者的消息名单传来时，理查兹正好在报社里。紧接其后的电报，使他在最快的时间里证明了消息的可靠性。他必须赶在那些不太心细，不太温柔的朋友之前把这个不幸的消息带回来。
她没有像别的女人那样，带着麻木接受的神情听这个故事。她近似绝望地扑倒在姐姐的怀里嚎啕大哭，泪如泉涌。当这暴风雨般的悲伤过去后，她独自一人回到了自己的房间，不让任何人跟着她。
窗户对面，放着一把舒服的大扶手椅，她疲惫不堪地沉了进去。这种疲惫，折磨着她的身体，似乎也正浸入她的灵魂。
她看到了屋外广场上，充满新春气息的树梢是那么的兴奋。空气中弥漫着芬芳的雨的气息。窗户下面的街道上，小贩正在叫卖他的器皿。远处传来缥缈的歌声，数不清的麻雀也在屋檐下叽叽喳喳地唱个不停。
对着她窗户的西边天空上，层层叠叠的云朵之间，露着一绺一绺的蔚蓝蔚蓝色的天空。突出文章的主题：被压抑的个性和对自由的追求
她把头靠在椅背上，非常地平静。除了像个孩子自己哭着睡着了，还继续呜咽一样，她也偶尔地呜咽一下，这使她有点颤抖。
她很年青，她那白皙、安详的脸上线条，显示着一种压抑甚至说是一种力量。但是现在，她那凝望蓝天的双眸，目光茫然，甚或有点呆滞。这并不是匆匆沉思的一瞥，更不是一种长久的深思熟虑，而是精神世界一片空旷。
有一种感觉正在向她靠近，那正是她带着恐惧等待的。是什么？她不知道。这种感觉太微妙，太难以捉摸，她说不清楚。但她感觉得到它，它正在空中蔓延，它穿过弥漫于空气中的声音、气味和颜色慢慢地靠近她。
现在，她内心骚动不安。她开始认识到那种向她步步进逼、并且渐渐地控制他的感觉是什么。她努力地想用自己的意志力把这种感觉打回去，但是她的意志力就像她那两只纤细、白皙的双手一样的无力。
当她任那种感觉肆意发展的时候，从她微微张开的双唇间喃喃地溢出一个词。她屏住呼吸一遍又一遍地重复着：“自由，自由，自由！”随着那种感觉而来的茫然的目光和恐惧的神色从他的眼里消失了。现在，她的目光透着机敏，炯炯有神。她的心跳加快，热血温暖了身体的每一个部位，使她感到身心放松。
她没有片刻去想她此刻拥有的这种欢愉，是否不正当。一种清清楚楚的、兴奋的感觉燃烧着她，她根本无暇去顾及那些个琐事。
她知道，当她见到丈夫那双温柔、亲切的双手变得僵硬，那张从来都不会对她吝啬爱意的脸变得毫无表情、灰白如纸的时候，她肯定还会哭的。但在这痛苦之外，她看到了长远的未来，那些只属于她自己的未来岁月。她张开双臂去迎接那些岁月。
在未来的岁月里，她不再活着只是为了别人，而只为她自己。那时，她不必再盲目地屈从于任何专横的意志。人们总是相信他们有权把群体的意志强加于个人意志之上。无论其动机的善良与否，她突然感到这种做法绝不亚于犯罪。
是的，她曾经爱她——有时爱他。更多的时候，她并不爱她。那有什么关系！爱情这
神秘的玩意，在她突然拥有了自我，就是做回她自己的强烈火冲动的时候，有什么意义呢？
“自由！身体和灵魂的自由！”她不断地呢喃着。
她姐姐约瑟芬跪在紧闭的门前，把嘴贴在锁孔上，恳求着让她进来。“路易斯，开门！我求你了，把门打开——你会使自己生病的。你在干什么，路易斯？看在上帝的份上，把门打开。”
“走开。我不会使自己生病的。”不会的，她正站在敞开的窗子前，贪婪地用吮吸着窗外那不息的生命中的甘霖。感情压抑之深
她的想象像是脱僵的野马一样奔着。她想象着未来的日子，春天的日子，夏天的日子，所有将属于她自己的日子。她祈祷着长寿，而就在昨天，她还那么肯定嫌生命太漫长。
最后，在她姐姐的强烈要求下，她站起来，把门打开。她的眼里充满了兴奋和胜利，她不知道自己看起来就像胜利女神一样。她搂住姐姐的腰，一起走下楼梯。理查兹站在下面等他们。
有人用钥匙打开了前门。进来的正是布伦特·马兰德，他有点风尘仆仆，又漫不经心得手提旅行袋和雨伞。（旅途之劳累，心情之平静；这与她的心情产生了强烈的对比。）他离事发现场很远，他甚至不知道发生了车祸。
他愣在那儿，对约瑟芬的尖叫感到吃惊，对理查兹快速地把他挡在妻子的视线外感到吃惊。
但是理查兹已经太迟了。
医生赶来时，他们说她死于心脏病——死于狂喜过度！
关于作者凯特·肖邦(Kate Chopin)
美国女作家。（1851-1904）出生于美国圣路易斯。父 亲在她四岁时去世，此后她由克里奥尔（生长于西印度群岛和南美各地的欧洲人后裔）母亲的家庭抚 养长大。她于1870年嫁给了奥斯卡·肖邦，一个棉花商。两人先是住在路易斯安那的新奥尔良，后又 搬到一个大农场和讲法语的阿卡迪亚人住在一起。在1882她丈夫去世之后，肖邦与她的六个孩子返回圣路易斯。朋友们鼓励她写作。她在快四十岁的时候出版了 第一本小说，故障（At Fault 1890）。她的短篇小说开始出现在世纪（Century）和哈泼杂志
（Harper’s Magazine）。随后又出版了两个选集：支流人（Bayou Folk 1894）和阿卡迪一夜（A Night in Arcadie 1897）。最后的主要作品，有超短篇一双丝袜（A Pair of Silk Stocking)等，其后的小说觉醒（The Awakening 1899），是她的杰作。但是书中对通奸同情的笔调震惊了全美的书评人和读者。在圣路易斯，小说被从图书馆的书架上取下。肖邦本人也被圣路易斯文艺社取消 会员资格。1899年底，她的出版商拒绝出版她的第三本短篇小说集。肖邦感到自己在文学领域受到排斥。在最后的岁月里，她几乎再也没有动笔。
在19世纪末，肖邦试图直白的描写女性在与男性、儿童的关系及她们本身性欲中的感受和情绪。这 一点被认为是冒犯了当时上流社会的读者。1885年母亲去世后，她停止了天主教的实践并开始接受达尔文主义对人类进化的观点。在自然而不是教堂中寻求上 帝，肖邦大量描写性与爱的主题。她为美国作家们悲哀，认为由环境所致，艺术上的局限性阻碍了完整且本能的叙述。那些挑战传统社会行为的作品，如《一小时的 故事》，常常被杂志编辑拒绝。然而半个多世纪后，女权主义评论家却大力提倡。
在翻译莫泊桑的小说后，肖邦采取了他的模式。她认为，“这是生活，不是小说。在情节设计，老式手法和舞台套路中，哪能找到我一直喜好的这种模糊的不假思索的叙事艺术？”
第二篇：一小时的故事
「一小時的故事」 The Story of an Hour 故事賞析Kate Chopin(1851--1904)的短篇故事「一小時的故事」The Story of an Hour 敘述Mrs.Mallard在一個小時中歷經兩次震撼，從接獲丈夫因火車事故喪生的消息，到丈夫突然返家，她一驚心臟病發猝死。在簡單的故事情節之下，卻隱含豐富的象徵，及嚴肅的主題。
Mrs.Mallard心臟不好，唯恐她無法承受打擊，妹妹Josephine及友人Richards小心謹慎地告知她這個壞消息；Knowing that Mrs.Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.聽到惡耗，她立刻嚎啕大哭不能自已，She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms，激動的情緒平息後，她獨自登上二樓。
Mrs.Mallard上了樓，在移轉的空間和孤獨的情境裡經驗了她個人全新的認知。她先是身心俱疲地沉入舒服的扶手椅中，這時窗外一小方塊事物吸引住她，枝頭萌發新葉進入眼界、小販的叫賣和遠方微弱的歌傳入耳中；She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.The delicious breath of rain was in the air.In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.年輕漂亮的Mrs.Mallard眼中無神，腦中一片空洞。但是她漸漸覺察出從天際有股無以名狀的力量，逼近俘虜她，她卻束手無策。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.當她不再抵抗時，口中傾吐出一個字：“Free, free, free!”隨之而來的是一陣巨大的喜悅，a monstrous joy that held her.丈夫的死訊帶來悲痛但往後卻能過自由的日子；丈夫愛她，但是婚姻生活裡，丈夫將他個人的意志強加在她身上，卻讓她有為別人而活的感覺。從今以後，她開始為自己而活。There would be no one to live for during those coming years;she would live for herself.There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind
persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.Mrs.Mallard的思緒飛到來年的春天夏天，她祈禱能活的長久；令她深覺諷刺的是，就在昨天當她想到日子還那麼長的時，還不禁顫抖呢。Josephine在門外苦苦哀求，她卻充耳不聞。“Louise, open the door!I beg;open the door – you will make yourself ill.What are you doing, Louise? For heaven’s sake open the door.” “Go away.I am not making myself ill.” No;she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window.窗外的事物像仙丹靈藥，治癒了她所有的病。終於，她開門了，眼中泛著勝利的熱，踩著勝利女神般的腳步走下樓。然而，幾乎同一時間，大門被打開，Mr.Brently Mallard進門，只聽Josephine一聲尖叫，在樓梯下面等候的Richards急忙擋住視線。但一切都太遲了。
結局又短又快。When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of joy that kills.醫生們都診斷Mrs.Mallard死於心臟病，認為她因過度喜悅而死。只有領會她內心起伏轉折的讀者才能明白她真正的死因，並非狂喜，而是新生的自由又落空的絕望；並非心臟生病，而是對真愛的覺醒。Kate Chopin寫於1894的短篇故事，仍能帶給現今的讀者許多省思。
第三篇：一小时的故事读后感
Changes within one hour
An hour is very short, then suddenly the past.But what happened within an hour, can also change the person's mood, point of view, and even the fate of the future.The story of an hour(Kate Copin)which very appropriate proved this point.In this story, Mrs.Mallard after learned that her husband had died because of the train accident.She go to the bedroom with grief, but in her heart deeply is comfortable after she realize that she was freedom, but freedom is short, because her husband’s return which destroy her dream of freedom, the collapse and despair of the moment cause Mrs.Mallard on the path of death.Mrs.Mallard is a woman with a heart disease, the people around her always want to protect her, such as her sister and her husband’s friend.But everybody don't know, compared with meticulous care, she prefers to have all of her own life.When her sister told her that her husband's death.“she wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arm”,and then she go to her room alone.She didn't realize her freedom now, because her husband's death blow to her is too heavy.“the stare in her eyes”, the exhaustion body, Perhaps in the past her dependence on her husband makes she felt at a loss, although she prefers self independence.Just like her name.A bird before being released
from a case, they must be so anxious like this.Then everything change when Mrs.Mallard look outside the opening window, “the delicious breath of the rain was in the air.”, “in the street below a peddler was crying his wares.”.This sense which full of vitality and new life, let her gradually grope to the idea that hidden in her heart: “Free, free,free.”.“they stayed keen and bright.Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.”.She was finally free, nothing can limit her to start her new life, even she began to pray for her might live longer.The moment to open the window, just like the case door is open to life outside.But this freedom time not for long, because of her husband’s back.Her husband didn’t dead in the beginning.In the moment her husband came back, She lost her freedom again, It is more terrible than never get free.It suddenly happened let her no longer withstand the blow in her soul.Ironically, the doctor diagnosed her died of euphoria.I don't know what the author mean, perhaps this irony is roughly to the doctor and helpless about the world.Through the story, the things which happen in just one hour, let her to see the hope of life, and then break her hopes.Fate is so heartless and elusive.I think sometimes we can control the fate.But when we can not control the fate, We should enjoy the life to
cherish now.Perhaps in the future there will be an hour completely change your destiny, whether good or bad.
第四篇：一小时的故事(symbols)
Appreciation of Symbols upon The Story of an Hour
In “The Story of an Hour”, women are always being taken great care that can be described independence.Louise Mallard understands the “right” behaviors to live, she knows what should do , what she can do and what kind of life patterns can be well recognized by then society.Then in the later an hour, all things seems to change in dramatically.The death of Brently gave Louise a hope for new life, but at last, Louise Mallard was killed by the shock and disappointment because her husband was alive.The symbols of heart trouble and open window just represent confinement of marriage and new hope, perspectively.The heart trouble that afflicted Louise is both physical and symbolic that convey her unhappiness of marriage life with a lack of freedom.Here in this passage, the author quote “trouble” instead of “disease”.All of us knowing the fact that Mrs.Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble.It was her sister Josephine, accompanied by her husband’s friend named Richards, who told her: her husband has dead.A person with so weak heart could not stand this threatening, absolutely.But later, when Louise realized she would live for herself, there would be no powerful will bending her in that blind persistence, she felt new life and new chance for her.At last, she dies at the end of the story, the doctors came they said she had died of “heart disease” seems appropriate because of seeing Brently “back to life” was enough to shock her and kill her.Irony is that the doctor diagnose she’d dead with joy for seeing her husband, however, we all know that she was killed by hopeless for the new life and beloved independence.The open window from which Louise see symbols the freedom and the new opportunities for her as long as her husband had been dead.Through the window, Louise noticed the beautiful scene: she sees blue sky, white clouds and trees;she smells the delicious breath of rain was in the air and hears birds singing and peddlers was crying their wars.All beautiful landscapes and settings aquiver with the new spring life.Something begun to flourish among her as the open window provides a clear and bright view into her own future--that was freedom and independence.She then saw the the blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and
piled one above the other, its as a sliver development and that’s a sliver lining.
第五篇：一小时的故事
由小说的第三段“She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.She would have no one follow her.”可见小说的女主人公Mrs.Mallard是一位Untraditioanal的现代女性。这主要体现在两个方面：第一，她是一位女性。她的内心也很脆弱，在得知丈夫去世时她会悲痛，也会哭泣。第二，她是一位Untraditioanal的现代女性。她不会歇斯底里的无法接受丈夫去世的事实，相反的，她很平静，很坚强，也很独立。她不愿在朋友甚至是妹妹面前伤心。也许她需要的不是别人的安慰而是独自的和解。因而她会回到自己的房间，独自消化。
房间里的布置还是那么的温馨、和谐。坐在扶椅上，她却感到整个人都垮了。生活似乎已没有了希望。望着窗外，树叶已生新芽，细雨绵绵，人们的生活依旧如故。此时的她是否想起了和丈夫在一起的幸福时光？如果他还活着，不，就算他真的已不在了，他一定希望自己还像以前一样活着，不是吗？透过厚厚的云层她看到了一片蓝天，那一定是丈夫在看着她吧。看着看着，她无意识的把头靠在椅罩上，像个孩子在睡梦中抽泣着。也许她是在梦里和丈夫重逢了吧。她还年轻，也很漂亮，她的脸部的轮廓中透露着一种自制和力量。此刻，她目光呆滞的看着那一点蓝天,好像在想些什么„ „
无论是从丈夫对自己的期望还是从自己的实际情况来看，她都应该尽快走出阴影，但她却感到害怕。那么，她害怕什么呢？也许她是怕自己真的会不再想他吧。是的她是那么深深的爱着他。正因为这种爱让她不再哭泣,她是怕他知道了要伤心吗?可是,她知道当她看到丈夫的尸体时她会无法控制自己,她会想起他们共同度过的幸福生活，她会叹息以后要独自面对生活,她还会哭泣。但是，现在,她要坚强的张开双手“迎接”新生活的到来，因为他希望自己是这么做的。以后的生活她不将再为任何人而活，她要为自己而活,因为丈夫已经成为她自己的一部分。但她清楚无论这种想法是好还是坏，这种想法本身就是矛盾的，因为她真的要垮了。“就算她有时爱他吧，但大多时候她并不爱他。那又怎样！”她这样安慰自己。是的，现在她恢复了理智，爱情的谜底就算没有解开那又有什么关系呢？现在，让一切都恢复正常吧！接着她就开始筹划以后的日子。她于是感到整个人都轻松了好多。
过了一会儿，在妹妹的要求下，她开了门.和妹妹一块下楼。正在这时Mr.Mallard拖着疲惫的身体进了门，我们的Louise，因极度的兴奋，死于心脏病。
有人说这是一篇女权主义作品，文中Louise因能够脱离丈夫的控制而欣喜不已，又因丈夫归来而在失望中死去。我赞成Louise是一位独立的女性，但我更相信她是深爱着她的丈夫的。因为她是一位独立的女性，她有思想，有理性，所以她不会歇斯底里，她会从她丈夫的角度来考虑问题；因为她深爱着她的丈夫，所以她能够战胜内心的痛苦，不断的告诉自己要像以前一样生活；因为她对丈夫的爱让她看到丈夫安然无恙时因极度兴奋而死去。总的来说，她的爱是矛盾的，因为她的爱让自己相信她不爱；她的爱还是痛苦的，因为她注定要在不断的挣扎中生存。从女性的角度来说Louise的fancy就是她爱丈夫最好的证明。From the part of a female, Louise’s fancy is the best truth for her love
【两个points】：time:
从题目开始，时间就是作者着重展现给读者的要素
He had only taken the time...hastened to forestall...storm of grief...had never looked save with love upon her...she had loved him--sometimes.Often she had not...life might be long...quick motion...But Richards was too late.也是形成irony的关键所在irony：
一是权威的失效。
文章一开始将Richards安排在报社工作，这使得他获取的消息潜意识地让人认同，因为新闻媒体向来具有真实及时的特性。又对他处理这消息的谨慎专业作了描述，从而使读者不怀疑地接受了这个信息的可靠性。然而 it turned out to be wrong.这一信息的不可靠，导致了整个故事的悲剧。Richards这个角色在此之外也是时间的操控者，应该说这一悲剧性得以成立也是拜他间接的作用。“But Richards was too late.”事实上，他是信息传递得过早了。
文章结尾处医生们的诊断认为：she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.这在医理上是正确的，她死于心脏病；在归因上则否，她死于绝望而非喜悦；文本使用“kills” instead of “killed”,表示这推断是常理性的，是universal，但却非逝者的真相。这又是一层irony，但是相较上所述其色彩是淡了些。
二是悲剧性的根源。
老师课上定论到，这文章最大的讽刺莫过于 her husband alive & she died。黄粱一梦的自由让她活了过来，却终是她的刽子手。她悲剧的缔造者——婚姻生活在爱的名义下压抑而苦闷，于是得了心病；似乎摸到新生活的瞬间，他的出现撕裂了一切—— composely unwitting, a little travel-stained，safe and sound
我以为然。
这是文章从一个整体的脉络中宏观视角下的irony
这是一个妇女的觉醒，这觉醒却不是initial action,是被动的。使她得以觉醒的契机出自这个男人的好友，在他的细心安排之下她被告知；这个男人一无所知地回来了，她的梦也即破了，没一点修饰地。
一切看来都是一个玩偶可悲的狂想而已。（所以...想想《玩偶之家》）
这种被动性是重点，女主角有着“离经叛道”的性格，但这个性只是使她感到压抑，变得脆弱而已，她没能解救自身于水火。
其中所反映的社会现实也是值得思考的，90年代妇女的角色，家庭生活的模式；以及作者家庭的背景...但太过庞大，我就略了。
【第一个问题】：First of all，in my opinion，M’s marriage is of the deep love,when she heard the death of her husband,she cried and very sad, It can see that she loved her huaband.but however,然而，他们的婚姻也是压抑的depressed，因为那时候men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.她是禁锢的locked。
【第二个问题】：
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