Question

Write a conclusion paragraph on these three characters, Tessie Hutchinson (The Lottery). Emily Grierson (A Rose for Emily) and Louise Mallard (The Story of an Hour)

Answer 1

Ans. A Rose for Emily

The story explores themes of death and resistance to change. Emily Grierson . Her father dies when Emily is about the age of 30, which takes her by surprise. She refuses to give up his corpse, and the townspeople write it off as her grieving process. The townspeople pity Emily not only after her father's death but also during his life when he wouldn't let Emily marry. People in the town thought she was unmarriable until she meet a outsider Homer Barron working on the roads. She kills Homer Barron with arsenic (for Rats) and preserves his body upstairs. the town men spread lime because you can not say a lady stinks. She died and that's her cousins found out she was sleeping by his corpse.

The author begins his story at the end. The reader finds out that Miss Emily died. That is, why I can conclude that death is one of the principal themes in this tale which helps us understand the borderline between life and death, value of parents, lovers in our lives.

The Lottery"

Tessie Hutchinson, Old Man Warner, and Mr. Summers. First, Tessie Hutchinson is the protagonist in the story. She was forced to take part in the yearly ritual known as the lottery, and when her family was chose she protested and was killed. Next, Old Man Warner is one of the oldest men in town. He has been around for seventy-seven lotteries and is very closed-minded in the sense of not wanting to change anything about the lottery. Lastly, Mr. Summers is the person who is in charge of the lottery. He is in control of picking the names and putting the slips of paper in the box.

Near the end of "The Lottery," Bill Hutchinson draws the slip with the black spot in the first round, which means that someone in his family will be stoned to death. This immediately begins to cause friction within the family and between Bill's wife Tessie and some of people in the assembled crowd.

The Story of An Hour

The Story of an Hour follows Louise Mallard as she deals with the news of her husband's death. When the news is broken to her, Mrs. Mallard begins weeping into her sister, Josephine's, arms. She then goes to her room to be alone and sits down in an armchair. She finds she feels relieved that she is free of her husband. She begins looking forward to living her life for herself. Mrs. Mallard keeps whispering to herself, "Free! Body and soul free!" and as Josephine listens in to her sister from the other side of the door, she tells Louise to open the door.

After a few minutes, Mrs. Mallard gets out of her chair and opens the door for Josephine and they both walk downstairs together. Upon arriving to the bottom of the staircase, the front door opens and Mrs. Mallard's husband, Brently Mallard, appears, alive and well. Josephine and Richards try to hide the sight from Louise, but it is too late. When she sees that her husband is still alive, she lets out a startled cry and dies from a heart attack.

The story takes a funny turn when rather than grieving her loss she rather feels a sense of relief of finally being free from the “bondage” of her husband in the end when Mrs. Mallard realizes at the end that her husband is alive and dies as a result of the shock.