Explanation: . Almost at the start of the story, in the second paragraph, Richards "hastened" (12) to bring his sad news. But if Richards had arrived "too late" at the start, Brently Mallard would have arrived at home first, and Mrs. Mallard's life would not have ended an hour later but would simply have gone on as it had been. Yet another irony at the end of the story is the diagnosis of the doctors. They say she died of "heart disease--of joy that kills" (11). In one sense they are right: Mrs. Mallard has for the last hour experienced a great joy. But of course the doctors totally misunderstand the joy that kills her. It is not joy at seeing her husband alive, but her realization that the great joy she experienced during the last hour is over.
All of these ironic details add richness to the story, but the central irony resides not in the well-intentioned but ironic actions of Richards, or in the unconsciously ironic words of the doctors, but in Mrs. Mallard's own life. She "sometimes" (13) loved her husband, but in a way she has been dead, a body subjected to her husband's will. Now his apparent death brings her new life. Appropriately this new life comes to her at the season of the year when "the tops of trees [...] were all aquiver with the new spring life" (12). But ironically, her new life will last only an hour. She is "Free, free, free" (12), but only until her husband walks through the doorway. She looks forward to "summer days" (13), but she will not see even the end of this spring day. If her years of marriage were ironic, bringing her a sort of living death instead of joy, her new life is ironic too, not only because it grows out of her moment of grief for her supposedly dead husband, but also because her vision of "a long procession of years" (12) is cut short within an hour on a spring day.
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uhm... give me a sec I'm working on it, I've never use this strategy before
How about you write one about what you're going through or your feelings something you can relate to. express yourself
<em>'A Quilt of a Country'</em> is an article by Anna Quindlen that follows the narrative of 9/11. The United States is still united despite the disparities summarizes the central idea.
<h3>What is the main idea of the passage?</h3>
The excerpt is taken from the commentary article 'A Quilt of a Country', which was written based on the 9/11 attack in America. This article portrayed the conflict between the diverse cultures and traditions.
These clashes have led to divisions of the nations and people, but America is different and united as the people hold their origin up high and are made of different prices sewn together like a quilt.
Therefore, America is united despite having cultural differences.
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Answer: What this passage means to me is you can’t just Believe you can do something, you must try. With the actions you take to work towards something you believe you can do you learn and it pushes you to believe you can do more. I think if you believe you can do something and set a limit for it you’re only blocking yourself from believing you can do more taking action to do what you believe you can do will help you reach further and set limits almost impossible to reach but with action you can be one of the firsts to reach it.
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