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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin yields the thesis of Victorian housewives being oppressed politically, economically and psychologically. The in-class activity incorporates the analysis, discussion and deconstruction of specific quotes from primary text that is the catalyst of the thesis. And thus,the thesis directs the research and the specific construction of the annotated bibliography.
The secondary sources should reflect aspects of these themes. Using the databases provided on this page, start your research with the terms and ideas discussed in class and listed below.
| Victorian women | Marriage | Patriarchy |
| Gender roles | Divorce | Sexism |
| Social repression | Wife | Feminism |
| Suffrage | Social conditioning | Identity |
The tabs in this box will help you research the themes and topics related to The Story of an Hour
As you search for information about your topic, look at each source you find with these questions in mind:
Applying these questions to each source you find will allow you to quickly eliminate unnecessary sources.
Kate Chopin, Updated Edition by 
Coloring Locals by 
Handbook of the American Novel of the Nineteenth Century by 
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When researching topics for a paper or project, it's important to keep track of the sources you use. The easiest way to do this is to email a source to yourself in the database. This way whenever you come across a source you think you might want to use, you email it and have a record of the source and a way to get the citation when you need it. Most of our databases have an option to email when you're looking at an article, book, or video.
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