Worksheet
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story The Story of an Hour
Author’s Name Kate Chopin
Year of Publication 1894
Physical: Place & Time Place: In de Mallard residence, the home
(include clues which help of Brently and Louise Mallard.
you determine this)
(We are told that Louise goes into her
room)
Time: The late nineteenth century
(The use of telegrams as communication
tells us that the story takes place around
this timeperiod)
Social Context The story takes place in a patriarchal
Setting
(include clues which help society, divorce was not an option for
you determine this)
women and many marriages come to be
trough betrothal.
(We are told that ms. Mallard feels like her
husband had a powerful will which bended
hers in a blind persistence with which men
and women believe they have a right to
impose a private will upon a fellow-
creature. This perfectly fits the patriarchal
believes and betrothal standards.)
Characters & character Louise Mallard: Flat dynamic protagonist.
type Sympathized.
(Round/flat Brently Mallard: Flat static character.
/static/dynamic/
Unsymphatized.
stereotypical/anti-hero/etc.
Main character
Josephine: Flat static character. (foil to
Louise)
Richards: Flat static character.
Direct characterizations Louise mallard: young with a fair and
(Which direct calm face whose lines bespoke repression
characterizations can you
and even a certain strength. After the death
locate in the story?)
of her husband there was only a dull stare
in her eyes indicating a suspension of
intelligent thought.
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story The Story of an Hour
Author’s Name Kate Chopin
Year of Publication 1894
Physical: Place & Time Place: In de Mallard residence, the home
(include clues which help of Brently and Louise Mallard.
you determine this)
(We are told that Louise goes into her
room)
Time: The late nineteenth century
(The use of telegrams as communication
tells us that the story takes place around
this timeperiod)
Social Context The story takes place in a patriarchal
Setting
(include clues which help society, divorce was not an option for
you determine this)
women and many marriages come to be
trough betrothal.
(We are told that ms. Mallard feels like her
husband had a powerful will which bended
hers in a blind persistence with which men
and women believe they have a right to
impose a private will upon a fellow-
creature. This perfectly fits the patriarchal
believes and betrothal standards.)
Characters & character Louise Mallard: Flat dynamic protagonist.
type Sympathized.
(Round/flat Brently Mallard: Flat static character.
/static/dynamic/
Unsymphatized.
stereotypical/anti-hero/etc.
Main character
Josephine: Flat static character. (foil to
Louise)
Richards: Flat static character.
Direct characterizations Louise mallard: young with a fair and
(Which direct calm face whose lines bespoke repression
characterizations can you
and even a certain strength. After the death
locate in the story?)
of her husband there was only a dull stare
in her eyes indicating a suspension of
intelligent thought.
