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Story Of An Hour Tragedy Essay

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In “The Story of an Hour,” the tragedy that occurs is not the typical tragedy people would take it as. Louise Mallard is a married woman. Most people would try to live a happy marriage, but Louise was not happy in her marriage. She felt like she had no freedom, until her husband died. When a close relative dies, most people mourn for days, maybe even weeks or months. Louise, however, did not. She felt free once he passed. She started planning for a future for herself that she would actually be happy in. This planning of the future was going great until the husband showed up at the door. This had become the tragedy, and not her husband dying. The news of her husband not actually being dead threw her body into shock, causing her to drop dead.

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