Anna

#1102

Classify characterization in the story

What Mrs. Mallard says, What you think this shows about who Direct or Indirect
does, thinks, or what the Mrs. Mallard is
writer tells us about her in the
story

“She has a heart Fragile, ill, Easily shocked, Direct

trouble.” could die suddenly

She wept at once, Emotional, sensitive, Indirect

with sudden, wild devastated
abandonment, in her
sister’s arms.”

“Free, free, free!” She feels controlled by her Indirect

husband.
She was in an oppressive
marriage and wants a divorce

“Her fancy was Hopeful for the future and new Indirect
running riot along opportunities.
those days ahead of Freedom
her. Spring days, and
summer days, and all
sorts of days that
would be her own.”

“She knew that she She feels free and happy that Indirect
would weep again her husband is dead but
when she saw the because he was so kind, she
kind, tender hands feels sad at the same time.
folded in death; the
face that had never
looked save with love
upon her, fixed and
gray and dead.”

“And yet she had loved She was depressed and Direct
him-sometimes. Often she unhappy with her marriage.
had not.”
 What Brently Mallard says, does,
think, or what other characters tell us
about him in the story
“Free, free, free!”
“She knew that she would
weep again when she saw the
kind, tender hands folded in
death; the face that had never
looked save with love upon
her, fixed and gray and dead.”
“There was a feverish triumph
in her eyes, and she carried
herself unwittingly like a
goddess of Victory.”
“But she saw beyond that bitter
moment a long procession of years to
come that would belong to her
absolutely. And she opened and
spread her arms out to them in
welcome.”
“It was Brently Mallard who entered,
a little travel stained, composedly
carrying his gripsack and umbrella.”
What you think this shows about Direct or
who Brently Mallard is indirect
Controlling, suppressive Indirect
caring, loving, kind, tender, Direct
gentle
Brently being with Louise Indirect
made her feel like she was
forced to do something and
is always losing. This shows
that their marriage, or Brently
himself, was repressive.
Because Louise feels like Indirect
she can and is happy to live
on her own, Brently might not
have been paying attention
or taking care of her as much
as he should be.
Brently was free to go out as Direct
he pleased while Louise was
stuck in the house.