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May 3, 2026Open Access

The way to death in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and Anton Chekhov's "The Man in a Case"

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VYVictoria Bilge YılmazAnkara Hacı Bayram Veli University

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Overview

Comparative study analyzes how suppression and freedom lead to death in protagonists, suggesting similar insights into freedom.

Key Points

  • The study aims to analyze the processes leading to the deaths of protagonists in two short stories by Chopin and Chekhov.
  • Comparative analysis of Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' and Anton Chekhov's 'The Man in a Case'.
  • Examining the themes of suppression, freedom, and death.
  • Identifying the temporal-psychological dimensions in both narratives.
  • Both protagonists experience suppression of their true selves until a critical moment.
  • A brief sense of freedom is followed by their untimely deaths.
  • Both authors portray a similar understanding of freedom through the characters' journeys.

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Victoria Bilge Yılmaz (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f6e6968071d4f1bdfc73cchttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19949928
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