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Choose one of the stories to apply feminist criticism to the reading. Identify the protagonist and antagonist and describe their relationship as it relates to the theme. How does the relationship to the foil, if there is one, reflect the theme? Identify whether the protagonist is round or flat, dynamic or static. Support your response with examples from the text.
 * Chopin’s “Story of and Hour” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”**

Story of an hour theme. The theme of “Story of an Hour” is the restrictions put on women because of the perceptions of society. An example of this is that Louise Mallard was happy that her when she thought her husband was dead because she would not have to fill the perception of a wife and have her husband control her life. The Protagonist Louise Mallard. The story is about how happy she is because she is free to do what she wants because her husband is dead. I think that the antagonist is her husband. She was happy that when she thought her husband was dead and when she saw him alive standing in the door way she had heart failure and die. Louise Mallard is a round character because we she her happy and very upset in this story. Her husband is a flat character because we only here about the loving side of him when she describes his hands as gentle. Louise is static character because she does not personally change in the story.

Select an example of imagery that creates the mood of the story? How does the mood of the setting reflect the character’s motivations driven by their id, ego, and superego? Mestery of Heroism In the story Mestery of Heroism the protagonist is Collins. He is a round character because we see him being brave and then when he goes to the well to get water he is sacerd because he is gettign shot at. He is also a dynamic character because he used to be a thief and a liar but after the end of the story he is an honest man. He uses his id to get water from the well but then uses his ego after his commander tells him that it is not worth the risk of dying to water. He uses his superego and ego when he helps the wouded man by giving him water but only splashing it on his face so he will not get shot. Images. A man who is in desperate need to prove himself. He hesitaties at first to go get the water but then decides to risk his life to prove to his fellow soilders that he is brave.
 * Crane’s “Mystery of Heroism”**

How does the author indirectly characterize the protagonist through the use of dialect? What does this tell us about the character? How are they influenced by their id, ego, or superego?
 * Wharton’s “April Showers” and Twain’s “The Invalid’s Story”**