1. In the beginning of the story, why did Josephine take "great care" to break the news of Brentley Mallard's death (the husband) in the most gentle, kind way, to Mrs. Mallard? * *

Because Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition, and Josephine does not want her to have a heart attack.

Explanation:

At the very beginning of "The Story of An Hour", it is stated that Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition, which is why Josephine and Richards have to be careful when telling her that her husband has died:

"Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death."

Ironically, Mrs. Mallard is not upset upon hearing the news, but suffers a heart attack and dies when she finds out that her husband is actually alive.

"The Story of an Hour " was written by Kate Chopin in 1894. It first appeared in Vogue, with a title "The Dream of an Hour."

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

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teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

yes yes it does !