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Man made the cars to take us over the roads
Man made the train to carry the heavy loads
Man made the electric light
To take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water
Like Noah made the ark
This is a man's world,
But it wouldn't be nothing
Without a woman or a girl
- It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
Kate Chopin 1850-1904
pioneer in feminismfeminism
fighting for women’s equal rights
× vote
× divorce
? education
× keep their wages
Mr. Mallard
Mrs. Mallard
Josephine
Richards
1894
died
heart disease
Why did they try to be so careful and gentle?
First Reaction
(to give up control)
wept with abandonment
storm of grief
Preview Quiz!
What did she notice
through the window?
(key words)
trees
sky
birds
rain
Para 3: the view
new life
blue
singing
delicious
Spring
vs Winter Symbolism (象征 )
fearShe was waiting for it, fearfully.
Discussion: What can IT be? Why fearfully?
grief
fear
monstrous joy
triumph
???
ACTION
wept
saw the view
whispered Free
prayed
returned
Para 2-6
FEELING
1 She knew her husband died.
2 She ________ at once.
3 She __________ through the window.
4 She ________:”_____!”
5 She _____ that life might be long.
6 Her husband ______.
Group Work: Q & A Para 4-5
Design questions for other groups to answer
… weep again…
But… long years… welcome…
Yet she loved him – sometimes
What did it matter… in face of… freedom!
Para 4: freedom!terrible great
struggle between grief & joy
monstrous joy
It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.A .grief B. fear C. joy
She was drinking an elixir of life through that open window.
Para 5: praytriumph
Group Discussion:
What would happen next?
Come up with an ending and find details in the story to support your idea.But Richards was too late.
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease – of joy that kills.
- of grief that kills!
Irony (讽刺 )
L W
What is the name of Mrs. Mallard?
What kind of a woman is Louise?
young with a fair, calm face
heart trouble
as powerless as her two white hands
repression, and even a certain strength
What could matter in face of her freedom!
Free! Body and soul free!
weak and powerless
strong and independent
If you were Louise, what would you do?
Assignment:
Write a different ending to the story.
Use your imagination!