ENG 112 College Composition II                                         Nancy McTaggart
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You chose the following answer to Question 3: 

Choice a)   Mrs. Mallard experiences many different emotions when she learns that her husband is dead.

This sentence choice describes potentially significant information from the story, but it does not relate it to the thesis.  It is not a good argument.

Of the remaining choices, which is the best argument?

     Choice b)   The progression of emotions that Mrs. Mallard feels when told of her husband's death shows that she was unaware of her true feelings about marriage.

    Choice c)  Mrs. Mallard is upset when she learns her husband is dead.

    Choice d)  Through her depiction of Mrs. Mallard's husband, Kate Chopin justifies Mrs. Mallard's joy in her husband's death.