Louise Mourn Her Husband

Louise yearned for freedom and when she thought she was going to be emancipated a equanimity had taken over Louise Mallard. As did the author believe the same way she stated, "But she saw beyond the bitter moment a long

Louise Mallard began to grief her husband’s death in Josephine’s arm. When alone in the room the sobbing had stopped. She then reveals great joy as Louise realizes

In “The Story of an Hour” we see Mrs. Louise Mallard receives news of the death of her husband. The

At the beginning of the story no one wished to tell Mrs. Mallard about the death of her husband due to her heart condition. Her heart trouble is a symbol for the way she feels crushed or hurt by her marriage. During this time period women were expected to live under the control of their husbands, so while being married to Brently, she begins to lose her identity. In the story, she is only referred to as Mrs. Mallard she isn’t referred to as Louise until after her husband’s death. She is an accessory to her husband is forced to live in the shadow of her husband and as a result of this she has lost herself over the years. Louise’s character is used as a symbol to represent the women of this time period and show the sacrifices they make for their husbands and the troubles that come along with the inequalities they experience in marriage.

Suddenly she feels a sense of liberation. Nature also plays a part in Mrs. Mallard feeling the way she does, just as it did with Calixta in ?The Storm.? Mrs. Mallard has just learned of a horrible death but yet she could not help but see that the trees were blooming with new spring life; there was new fallen rain, and birds were singing. The rain, as it did in ?The Storm,? replenished and allowed nature to grow just as the news would allow Mrs. Mallard to grow as a reborn, liberated women, free from bondage. ?And yet she loved him ? sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter!? (21) It seems as if she is trying to convince herself there is nothing wrong with her feeling this way. There was something about the thought of living for herself, she would no longer have anyone to answer to, she was free to be herself, and most of all free to love again. ?Free! Body and soul free!? (21) Mrs. Mallard was not making herself ill as her sister had thought. She was taking in an elixir of life. It was almost as is her body had been healed. The heavy weight that was once on her chest and heart had been lifted. Louise emerges from her bedroom a liberated woman and as she descends the stairs she is brought back to reality by Brently Mallard opening the front door. She collapses and dies perhaps from the shock of losing her freedom once again.

She initially laments his passing but then, "She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" Mrs. Mallard feels liberated and alleviated from this occurrence and is presently a free lady. Starting now and into the foreseeable future, she will just know satisfaction and contentment. "There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence."

Louise Mallard is seen by the reader as dependent and helpless because of how she is treated by others, even her own sister. When the news comes about her husband being killed, she tells her like one would tell a child that their dog just died. You can just sense how Louise has dealt with being hovered over her whole life by her sister. A good example of this is when her sister is pleading with her to come out of the room that she has locked herself into saying, " Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door – you will make yourself ill (16, paragraph 17.)" Being able to read Louise's thoughts, you discover that she is not weak in her mind and spirit, she is just highly confined.

These pieces of information confirm that Mrs. Mallord is happy to of her husband’s untimely death. The weight of being married is lifted off of her shoulders and she looks forward to the life as Louise again where she can free to do as she please.

Mrs. Louise Mallard never really had any freedom because she married young and was always confined in her home doing wifely duties“‘ Free! Body and soul free!”’she whispered this multiple times. Louise Mallard, has come the realization that her husband's passing was not only tragic, but also a beneficial cutting of her marital ties. The crisis of her grief has given her a new insight on life and she also understands that her marriage has limited her independence and freedom. Mrs. Mallard was very unhappy in her marriage and she barely loved her husband. “‘And yet she had loved him--sometimes”’ Mrs. Mallard was seeking freedom from her marriage because she was unhappy and when she found out her husband died she could feel the freedom she’s always

At the end of the story, Mr. Mallard walks through the front door causing Louise to die of a heart attack (66). Louise was so overcome with shock or grief over the loss of her once promised freedom filled future she died. This shocking ending, shows how patriarchal views not only oppress women but also damage them in a way that their bodies react strongly and negatively. In turn showing how patriarchal views effect women physically and

Mallard’s marriage has extinguished her freedom. Her visage “spoke repression”(paragraph 7). This quote elucidates that Louis has been restrained from her true emotions towards her marriage. Furthermore, when Louis receives the news of her husband’s death, she is aware that “there would be no powerful will bending hers”(paragraph 11). She knows that, because her husband has died, there will be no one to believe that they have any “right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature”(paragraph 11). In paragraph 10, Choplin declares “the face that had never looked save with love upon her.” This quote illuminates that Mr. Mallard did, in fact, love Louise. This paints the picture that Mr. Mallard was not a bad husband, he simply felt it was his obligation, as a husband, to direct Louise in everything that she takes part in. This role of a “controlling” husband and the role of a “dutiful’ wife is not a matter of choice, but rather put in effect by

Louise Mallard is the wife to Brentley Mallard. Mrs. Mallard was born with a heart condition. She always had to be careful of what she let upset her. Mrs. Mallard received the news of her husband’s railroad accident from her sister Josephine and her husband’s best friend Richard. The irony within the story is that Mrs. Mallard passed away from being so excited and overjoyed about her husband’s death. She pretended to feel sorrow and grief while around Josephine and Richard. They tried to be gentle with the words of her husband’s passing because they knew that her heart was fragile and weak. Mrs. Mallard

After quickly recovering from the storm of grief which showered her, Louise comprehends her own independence; “‘Free, free, free!’” (202). Something of which she has not possessed before. Not to mention, Louise holds great passion for the future without her husband influencing her decisions, “...(the) long procession of years to come (...) would belong to her absolutely” (202). As the story continues, it becomes evident that Mrs. Mallard’s confidence and jubilance holds direction in her long life to come. Ironically, however, Louise only lives to see the next few minutes of her life. As the shock of seeing the living dead births a heart attack; “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease- a joy that kills” (203). Ultimately, her gluttonous behaviour and extreme state of joy lead her to an untimely death when her eyes lay upon the presumed dead, Brently

Louise readily admits that her husband was kind and loving, nonetheless feels joy when she believes that he has died. From the beginning, Louise is called Mrs. Mallard, which suggests that she is a woman who belongs to her husband Mr. Brently Mallard. This reflects her own life, social status, and someone who lacks her self-identity because it is found in her husband. In another sense, the narrator says “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.”

Next, Mrs. Mallard was a woman who suffered from the times where women were treated with less value and importance. She lost her own life because rejoice at her husband’s tragedy. Her uncontrollable desire to be free made her become a frivolous woman, who let his personal longing’s end with his own life. When she realized that her husband was alive all his plans vanished. Her happiness was a temporary happiness which lasted less than an hour.