How does Chopin present the main characters and why?
             Miss Nathalie is together with a rich, but unattractive man called Brantain. She is sly, cunning, and a cat-like character. Chopin includes 'the cat that lay curled in her lap' in the story to relate it to the main character, Miss Nathalie. She is rude and greedy, as she only likes Brantain for the money, and is secretly seeing a not-so-rich, but attractive man called Harvey.
             'The Story of An Hour' is a short story about a wife, called Mrs Mallard. Her sister, Josephine, tells her that her husband has died in a train accident.
             The beginning of 'The Kiss' takes place in a room with a fireplace, and a chair. Miss Nathalie sits on the chair, by the fire, and strokes 'the cat that lay curled in her lap'. This simile is very effective, as it relates to Miss Nathalie. The last bit of 'The Kiss' takes place at the wedding.
             The story of an hour is set in such a small amount of space, however it seems as though it is set in a big, and open space. Mrs Mallard runs to her room to think about her husband's death, which is where Chopin describes all her thoughts and emotions. It is clever to set the story in one room, because the reader can concentrate on the thoughts and emotions instead of the setting.
             This story, unlike 'The Story of An Hour' Kate Chopin's other short story, however has a problem. Miss Nathalie is two-timing Brantain in his own house. Harvey 'pressed an ardent, lingering kiss upon her lips.' Little do they know, Brantain is watching from the dark shadows...This creates suspense, because you don't know what is going to happen next, and what Brantain will do.
             Kate Chopin uses long, complex sentences, which represent the subtle, complex, implicit meaning of the stories. The reader has to work it all out, which has a great effect on the story, as the reader w
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