Marxist Lens In The Story Of An Hour

Looking through the Marxist Lens helps the reader understand certain parts of the text. A Marxist reading of a text is looking to see the difference social status of the characters. The Marxist lens generally focuses on who has the power and money and who does not which defines if they are in the upper or lower class. It also revolves around the results of the differences in power and money and the setting or time period. The time period is important because a person that has $1,000 in 2015 is not rich while a person with $1,000 in 1774 is like having more than $30,000. In The Story of an Hour, the Marxist Lens is portrayed throughout the text through the rich Mallard family, constantly showing that they have a lot of money and power to their name, placing them high in society. …show more content…
The Mallard family has money as displayed by the fact that they own a telegram and Mr. Mallard was on a train. It is shown that they got telegraph when the author states “He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram…” (Chopin 1). Since they received a telegram, it shows that they own a telegraph which at that time period was very expensive. Only the rich would be able to afford one. The author set forth that Mr. Mallard was on a train when he explains “...when the intelligence of the railroad disaster was received…” (Chopin 1). Mr. Mallard was on the train when the disaster happened. Because of this and the fact that their had a