Select the correct answer.
What social issue does Kate Chopin primarily depict in her story "The Story of an Hour"?
A.
the defeatist attitude of genteel nineteenth-century women
B.
the inner concerns of ordinary women in the nineteenth century
C.
the abusive treatment women commonly suffered in the nineteenth century
D.
the establishment of traditional gender roles that confined women to the kitchen
E.
the rise and spread of patriarchy to all the major institutions in society