Louise Mallard's Death

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin tells the life story of a woman named Mrs. Mallard a woman who suffers from heart weakness and is feeling incarcerated in a marriage in which there is no love from her to her partner, she is not in love with her husband at all. Ms. Mallard is a woman who doesn't like the concept of being tied down to someone for the rest of their life's. She is the type who enjoys her own company and from time to time dating but never being married to anyone. In this story we never get to meet her husband other than by what she tells us herself about him because he is on a work trip. Further into the story she finds out that her husband might have passed away because of a train accident in which he was in.

The story of an Hour by Chopin is about Louise Mallard desire for freedom. Throughout her life Mrs. Mallard was incapable to leave her home due to a heart illness. The doctor explained how although a sudden shock could kill Louise she would be able to leave the house. Louise was beyond happy to finally be given the chance to leave her home. Brently Mallard did everything in his power to stop her from leaving by using the sickness as a justification. Mr. Mallard would only dedicate little time and affection to his wife. The newspaper had reported a railroad disaster in which Brently Mallard’s name appeared. Louise sister’s Josephine and Brently’s friend knowing of her heart condition gently broke the devastating news to her.

The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate O’Flaherty Chopin is about a young woman who is told of her husband’s death and how, in one hour, her life was changed forever. Kate’s life was in some ways similar to that of Mrs. Mallard’s, I believe her true feelings were reflected in her many writings.

Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn't. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic irony.

The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin is the tragic story of a woman whose newfound position as a widow gives her strength. She develops a sense of freedom as she embraces her husband's death as an opportunity to establish her own identity. The tragedy is when her newfound identity gets stripped away as the appearance of her husband reveals that he is still alive. The disappointment from this tragedy kills her with a heart attack symbolizing the many conflicts that she faced throughout the story. The conflicts the character faces within herself and society show that the social norms for women were suppressing to their strength and individuality as human beings.

"The story of an hour" related when Mrs.Mallard,a women last supper from heart problems here 's news of her husband. She gets the news that her husband was involved in a tragic train wreck. She was so shocked from her husband death, that she just excused herself and immediately walked to her bedroom where she shows how she really feels. She is upset by her husband sudden death; however she has something to be happy about now that her husband has passed away. Mrs. Mallard starts to feel extremely happy because now she can finally be own person. "When she abandoned her self a little whispered word escape her slightly parted lips. She said... Free free free"(Chopin 307). Here for the first time you see Mrs.Mallard really coming out of

"The Story of an Hour" is the story of women live and her marriage. " Louise Mallard suffered from a heart condition, her sister Josephine gently and carefully gives her the news of her husband died. " The main character tells information that her husband is dead, and after a hard time she is overjoyed with a sense of freedom, and when she thought to open the door and leave her husband forever opens the door, and she has depression, she dies of a heart attack. " Mr.Richards, a close friend of her husband," Brently Mallard, and the first to learn of the disastrous railroad mishap that asserted Mallard life had gone with Josephine to help diminish what they know will be a savage blow. The story tells about life, and how women behaved around mid-1800's.

Can the death of a person grant freedom for another? “The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin represents a negative view of marriage by offering the audience a woman who is clearly overjoyed that her husband has died. This is expressed throughout the story and used to describe Mrs. Mallards emotions as she oscillates between numbness and extreme joy at her newfound freedom. The mere fact that Louise locks herself in her room to discover and express her feelings is evidence that she feels some type of freedom that’s been locked away due to marriage. Whether Mrs. Mallard is glad for her freedom, and if she dies of joy or fear of seeing her husband.

Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story about a woman with a heart condition named Louise Mallard, who after hearing the news of her husband’s death, retreats to her bedroom to celebrate her freedom from his “…powerful will bending hers with

In “The Story of an Hour” (1894), Kate Chopin presents a woman in the last hour of her life and the emotional and psychological changes that occur upon hearing of her husbands’ death. Chopin sends the protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, on a roller coaster of emotional up’s and down’s, and self-actualizing psychological hairpin turns, which is all set in motion by the news of her husband’s death. This extreme “joy ride” comes to an abrupt and ultimately final halt for Mrs. Mallard when she sees her husband walk through the door unscathed. Chopin ends her short story ambiguously with the death of Mrs. Mallard, imploring her reader to determine the true cause of her death.

The story of an hour by Kate Chopin begins with the sister and friend of Mrs. Mallard bringing the harsh news that her husband had been “killed” (Kate Chopin 9) in an accident. At first, Mrs. Mallard does not take the news of her husband’s death well and “went away to her room” (Kate Chopin 14) to be in solitude. She grieves for a while and expresses actions that would have her appear as an inanimate object. After taking notice to all the new life and freedom outside of her window she decides to start a new, free life for herself. With her new found joy she opens the door to her sister who has been perched up against the keyhole, and drags her sister down the stairs to express her joy. At the bottom of the stairs, her joy was brought to a halt when her presumably dead husband walked through the door. After the doctor examines Mrs. Mallard, she is pronounced dead.

“The Story of The Hour” fully answers its title. It is a story about a woman living her last hour. Not so many things happen during that hour, but in contrast, many thoughts fly through main character’s head and a reader can form an accurate portrait of a woman’s life from these thoughts. Somebody tells her that her husband is dead. After that she dives into the whirl of thoughts regarding the impact of husband’s death on her future. Some facts or beliefs make this woman think that her husband’s death is a rather fortunate event. It all ends soon after that, when she sees her husband alive and dies. In “The Story of The Hour” Kate Chopin doubts mere foundation of a thing called “marriage” and suggests an alternative viewpoint based on early examples of a feminist movement.

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who has unrealistic thoughts. She is young, beautiful, with a fair, calm face whose lines bespoke repression and even strength. She thrives for freedom. She receives news that her husband has died in a railroad accident. After she finds out, she goes off all by herself to have some time to think. She catches herself looking out the window at all of the beautiful life. She notices that everything is so beautiful and free, then she realizes that she is free.”She could see the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.” This quote

Kate Chopin, a United States author of short stories and novels, writes "The Story of An Hour" where she focuses on the women's dream presented in her main character "Mrs. Mallard." Mrs. Mallard lives in the 19th century in a society where a woman is considered a weak member. She lives under the control of her husband and always dreamt of being free. When she hears that her husband has died, she moans for a while, then starts feeling happy and free by pondering through her room's window. She still doesn't feel that she is totally free because her routine didn't change. Later, her husband enters and Mrs. Mallard dies from a heart of attack.

Louise Mallard, the protagonist of the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, is a woman who struggles in a marriage she is not happy with and suffers from a heart condition. Struggling to find her own identity and her own life, Mrs. Mallard is overwhelmed with independence and freedom after her husband, Brently Mallard dies in a tragic train accident.