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. 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.
There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself.
Which of Chopin’s readers in 1894 likely reacted most favorably to the theme in “The Story of an Hour”?
readers who preferred Chopin’s keen sense of humor
readers who cherished Chopin’s vivid regional style and Southern insight
readers who embraced the “new woman” and evolving gender roles
readers who celebrated the domestic responsibilities of “true womanhood”