The Story of an Hour is a fictional story published in 1894 by Kate Chopin. Kate's story is based on the idea that marriage in the late 19th century was viewed as oppressive. This was based on the fact that in the late 19th century woman had few rights in the public eye and their duties revolved around household chores and raising children. Feminism was not the only theme Kate used in this short story to entertain her readers, she also strategically placed literary ironies to keep the readers interest. There are three types of ironies that can be found in this short story, they are: Verbal, situational and dramatic. First of all, verbal irony by definition is a discrepancy between the meaning of what the writers says and what the writer meant (Baker 2000). In Kate's story Louise Mallard has quickly come to acceptance of her husband's death and has swiftly moved to the stage of grieving. It is described as a "storm of grief has spent itself, she went to her room alone , Louise did not literally experience a storm of grief, with storm being a more weather related event. In paragraph 10, Louise is over come by a feeling powerlessness when an unseen object is approaching her, "she was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to breath it back with her will “ as powerless as her tow white slender hands would have been  (Chopin 1894). This is a great example of verbal irony as the reader has been informed that Louise is quietly sitting in an arm chair, alone, looking out a window. There is no physical object approaching her and she is not physically fighting it back. This is an internal battle between how Louise should feel about her husband's death and how she truly feel; as noted in the same paragraph as "Free, free, Free!  (Chopin 1894). Louise is then whispering to herself in paragraph 14, "Free! Body and Soul free!  another verbal irony as Louise is not physically imprisoned or re