In Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour,” symbolism is used to convey the theme of freedom and oppression. The protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, has been oppressed in her marriage due to her husband’s apparent authority over her decisions and life choices. This is represented symbolically through the imagery of a “comfortable, roomy armchair” (Chopin 420) into which she retreats when told of her husband’s death. It is only in this safety that she can finally express emotions such as joy without fear of judgement or reprisal. Throughout the story, these conflicting themes – freedom and oppression – are juxtaposed against each other with great effect as Mrs. Mallard begins to realize how much power she has over her own destiny now that it no longer lies within her husband’s hands.
The same idea can also be found in “The Storm” where Chopin uses symbols to represent Calixta and Alcée’s sexual desire for one another despite their respective marriages; a force more powerful than either their vows or societal expectations could ever hope to contain. The storm serves as a metaphor for both the couple’s passion and feelings rising up between them despite all else while also hinting at Calixta’s newfound freedom from social conventions surrounding female chastity (“A thunder-storm” 422). In fact, it is liberating enough for Calixta to confess openly “It was delicious!” (422) after being reunited with Alcée post-storm – something that would not have been possible before experiencing reprieve from repressive gender roles.
Symbolism plays an important role in conveying larger themes about life, history, human nature or even the larger world in Kate Chopin’s works by using metaphors to explore ideas such as freedom from oppressive societal norms or realizing one’s own power amidst difficult circumstances . Through analyzing these symbols throughout both stories – “Story of an Hour,” and “The Storm” – readers are given greater insight into what makes us human: our ability to seek out agency amongst adversity as well as reclaim our power during moments when we feel most powerless.
Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Introduction The country is encountering a basic deficiency of medical care suppliers, a lack that is supposed to increment in the following five years, similarly as the biggest populace in our country’s set of experiences arrives at the age when expanded clinical consideration is vital (Pike, 2002). Staffing of emergency clinics, facilities, and nursing homes is more basic than any time in recent memory as the huge quantities of ‘gen X-ers’ start to understand the requirement for more continuous clinical mediation and long haul care. Interest in turning into a medical caretaker has disappeared lately, likely because of the historical backdrop of the extraordinary and requesting instructive cycle, low compensation, firm and extended periods of time, and fast ‘wear out’ of those rehearsing in the calling (Wharrad, 2003).
A complex oversaw care climate in this country is restricting the dollars accessible to be spent on nursing care. Numerous wellbeing callings, particularly nursing, have the standing of ‘eating their young’ as opposed to offering compelling coaching to develop future medical services suppliers. Because of these variables, the quantity of medical attendants has diminished and businesses regard themselves as understaffed and seeking able work force. Before 2001 the decay had been apparent for a considerable length of time (Sadler, 2003). Nursing schools, public pioneers, medical services pioneers and the overall population is impacted by the absence of Registered Nurses (RNs) accessible.
As the populace ages, the assumption is that a rising number of RNs will be required essentially to keep up with the ongoing degree of medical care. Furthermore, the momentum ecological and political worries of expanding pandemic sickness, event of synthetic and catastrophic events, and expanding dangers of war, requires critical expansions in the medical services labor force (Jefferys, 2001). The public nursing lack and factors that increment the interest for expanding the nursing labor force notwithstanding public, state, and nearby debacles make the potential for a general wellbeing emergency. Nursing programs have endeavored to satisfy need for medical attendants by expanding enlistment and campaigning effectively for expansions in program subsidizing by schools and states for understudies.
Tragically, the issue of nursing understudy weakening hampers the best endeavors of nursing programs and irritates the public lack of Registered Nurses in the United States (Ofori, 2002). In 2003, the National League for Nursing revealed a positive vertical pattern in the nursing labor force supply in any case, the American College of Healthcare Executives (2006) detailed that in 2005, 85% of emergency clinic directors decided medical clinics needed more enlisted medical attendants to fulfill patient consideration needs. The United States Bureau of Labor insights showed by 2014, more than 1.2 million new and substitution nursing positions would be expected to meet the public medical services needs (Ramsburg, 2007).
Various broad endeavors to diminish weakening have been made by nursing programs including reinforcing affirmation methods and executing maintenance programs. Unfortunately, the issues of weakening keep on continuing nursing schools the nation over. Admission to a nursing program is serious and numerous potential understudies are denied confirmation every semester. Steady loss from nursing programs influences not just the particular understudy who is acknowledged to a nursing program and ineffective, yet in addition the understudy denied confirmation that might have been effective. Steady loss rates are expensive to understudies, nursing projects, and medical services the same by diminishing the quantity of likely alumni from schools of nursing and adding to the nursing lack. Many examinations feature the a lot higher than wanted whittling down rates for nursing understudies
