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1. Question 1 Initial Post: “The Story of an Hour,” by
Question 1Initial Post: “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin, is set in very limited
confines. The events occur primarily in a room, on a staircase, and at a front door. How does
this limitation help to express the themes of the story? Question 2Initial Post: In James
Joyce’s story “Eveline” the main character ultimately decides not to leave, but before she
makes that decision, we’re told, “All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart. He was
drawing her into them: he would drown her.” She wasn’t going to be literally drowned by
Frank, but what is the significance of this water imagery? How does it help to suggest
Eveline’s reasons for not leaving?ParametersYou must make a substantive and thoughtful
initial post of 250 words or more to one of the questions, incorporating MLA citation and a
Works Cited.ReadingsMeyer, Michael and D. Quentin Miller. The Compact Bedford
Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing, 12th ed., Macmillan Learning,
2020.Introduction: Reading Imaginative Literature– The Nature of Literature– The Value of
Literature– The Changing Literary CanonChapter 1: Reading Fiction– Reading Fiction
ResponsivelyChapter 8: Style, Tone, and Irony– Style– Tone– IronyChapter 42: Critical
Strategies for Reading (all sections)Chapter 43: Writing About Fiction (all sections)Selected
literary works– “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin– “Eveline” by James Joyce