APsychologicalAnalysisoftheStory【Abstract】KateChopinisafamousfeministwriter.Astrongsenseoffeminineconsciousnessisembodiedinherworks.Hersuccessfuladoptionofthepsychologicalapproach,specificallythestreamofconsciousness,addsgrandeurtosplendorofherliterarycreation.ThesuccessfulemploymentofpsychologicalapproachinTheStoryofanHournotonlyhasachieveddramaticeffectsandintensifiedthethemesbutalsohasexposedthewomensanacliticsituation.【Keywordst】TheStoryofanHour;PsychologicalAnalysis;FeministConsciousness.KateChopinwasborninSt.Louis,Missouriin1851.ShewasraisedbyastrictCatholicmotherandattendedtheAcademyofSacredHeart,whereshewasexpectedtolearnallthesocialgraces.LatershemovedtoNewOrleansandthereshemarriedtoOscarChopin.Butitwasafterthedeathofherhusbandthatshestartedherliterarycareer.Shehaswrittenmanyshortstoriesandpublishedtwocollections,BayouFolkandANightinAcadie,insuccessionandsomefamousnovelssuchasAwakening,whichisnowregardedasoneofthefeministmasterpieces.However,whenitwasfirstpublished,attacksthrewuponherandstunnedhersomuchthatshekeptsilentandwrotelittleelsethroughouttherestofherlifebecauseithasboldlytoucheduponandexposedsomesensitivesocialproblems.Inhernovels,wewillfindthatsheoftenrepeatedthesamethemeandrelatedmarriagetothecageofbars.IfwethrowoureyesontoherEmancipation:theLifeFable,TheStoryofanHourandAwakening,wewillbeassuredofthis.Shehasgivenussomuchfoodtoconsiderthesignificanceoflifeandmarriageandtheembarrassingsituationinwhichwomenlivedthatsheislaterlabeledbytheradicalfeministsin1970sasoneofthewomanwriterswithastrongfeminineconsciousness,althoughsurprisingly,sheherselfresolutelydeniedit.Actuallyitisunderstandablethatsheistakenasaprogressivewomanwriteroffeminineconsciousnessbecauseinhertimes,thesecondwomenmovementbegantosweepoverthewholecountry.Andinherworkstheheroineswerenotmerelycontentedwiththeirfamilylife.Instead,theytriedeverywaysandmeanstobreakthefettersforceduponthem.Theywantedtopursuetheirindividualfreedomandspiritualindependenceanddidntwanttoplayatraditionalroleanylonger.Mostoftheheroinesunderherpen,likeEdnaPontellierandMrs.Mallard,weremoreorlessrebellious,althoughtheirresistancemostlyendedinself-destructionandcompromise.Maybeshewassoradicalthatthepublichadntyetpreparedtoacceptherthen.JustasJaneBailHowardput,sheutteredavoicesofaraheadofhertimes.WhenKateChopinlived,anotherinfluentialtrendthatprevailedintheUnitedStatesandtheEuropeanContinent,namelytheso-calledpsychoanalysispresentedbytheAustrianpsychologist,SigmundFreud.Hedivideshumanpsycheroughlyintothreeparts:conscious,preconsciousandunconsciousmind.InilluminatingthementalprocesseshefurtherdistinguishesthethreepsycheareasofthemindastheId,theego,andthesuperego.Toelucidatetheirinterplay,heputforwardthepleasure,realityandthemoralityprinciples.Histheorieshavecontributedalottomodernpsychologyandalsoexertedaprofoundinfluenceuponmanysocialaspects,includingliterature.Manyfamouswritersattributetheirdebtstohim.AlthoughthereisnomuchevidencethatFreudhasdirectlyinfluencedKateChopin,yetwecanfindthatshehasrepeatedlyadoptedthepsychologicalapproachinhershortstories,novellasandnovels,amongwhichTheStoryofanHourisatypicalexample.Andthesuccessfulemploymentofthepsychologicalapproachorstreamofconsciousnesshasachievedthedramaticeffectsandintensifiedthethemes.Mrs.Mallard,theheroine,livedasuperficiallyhappylifeinotherpeopleseyesaccordingtotheconventionalandsecularcriteria.Herhusbandwasgentleandconsiderate,sotheyweredeemedtobeaperfectmatch.However,deepinsideherheartshefeltmuchinhibited.Nooneknew,includingherhusband,ofherspiritualdemands.Yetshehadtomakeothersbelievethatshewashappyandlucky.Shehadtoactthetraditionalroleasavirtuouswife,notforherself,butforothers.AccordingtoPeggySkaggs,theheroinesintheworksofKateChopinoftenlivedatwo-facetedlife.Theylivedindisguisetohidetheirrealfeelingsandintentions.Thewomeninthe19thcenturywererequiredtolearnallthesocialgraces(Theauthoressherselfwasalsorequiredtodosoinherpuberty.)andencouragedtofollowtherulesandprinciplesasmenwantedthemtodo.IntheAmericanfictionGonewiththewind,wecanseethatMummyhasonceandagainthreatenedScarlettthatnomanwouldtaketherisktomarryherifsheinsistedondoingassheliked.Mostwomenwerereducedtothevictimsoftheth