In the short story "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the setting is very limited in detail. The setting is only described as a room, a front door, and a staircase. Do you think this was done on purpose? Does it make the story more/less effective?
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I think the author did not consider the setup of the environment as the important part of his story, but he focused more on the woman's grief by hearing that her husband had died in a train accident and how did she react to the news and afterwards when she finds out that he is still alive, which is think was more important to me as a reader than finding out about the outlook of the environment.
It helps us focus more on the actual feeling she has about her husband. The discription comes later when she explains the setting after she finds out about her husband.
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