Mrs Mallard's Condition In The Story Of An Hour

We read “A story of an hour” written by Kate Chopin. It is about a young married woman, Louise Mallard, who has a heart condition and a shock can kill her immediately. Her sister, Josephine, was careful not to upset Louise that her husband, Brently Mallard, died in a train accident. Louise cried and went to her room. However, Louise

Every relationship is not the best relationship because sometimes it is like your trapped and isolated so that makes it harder to adjust and bond. In the story “ The Story Of An Hour” Mrs. Mallard was in an overbearing relationship to where she felt trapped. However, her luck would soon change when she gets terrible news about her husband’s death. Meanwhile, the freedom that she thinks she has at that moment will soon be no more because her husband will not be dead. Furthermore, she will soon lose it once the news is broken to her about Mr. Mallard’s status of health. However, just from that, she will begin losing her sanity and herself all at once. And in the end, will die of a joy that kills or sadness that kills. This relationship can be good or bad because it is not always what the spouse wants (Chopin 720) “The Story Of An Hour” relationships are not for everyone simply because it is a commitment until death and some people aren’t as committed.

In "Story of an Hour", we begin with the climatic event, the news of her husbands death. Mrs. Mallard has heart problems so when her sister Josephine attempted to break the news to her; she tried to break it as gently as possible. Mrs. Mallard first seems to be in pain by going to her room and sitting in her armchair near the window while sobbing like a child. After a few moments, she begins to repeat the word free. This is one of the turning points in the story. We now realize that she's not in sorrow, but in glee that her husband is dead. She is now free; free from her unhappy relationship. Chopin now surprises everyone with another turning point. The husband walks in through the front door. He was alive, far from dead. As soon as Mrs. Mallard sees her husband, she collapses to the floor. The doctor claims that she died of a heart disease, but ironically the truth is, she died of despair. She was so glad that she was free, and then it all seemed to be a fantasy. It turned out that she wasn't free, and her heart couldn't take the pain to keep living in a suppressed relationship. She may just be better of dead although she did want a new life. Depending on how one looks at it, one may still argue that she was free in the end...free through death.

In “The Story of An Hour” Mrs. Mallard is told of her husbands “demise” and she had that of a considerably odd reaction. One that seemed unprecedented by her sister, who had delivered the news, who is obviously severely worried by this reaction. She, no doubt, thought Mrs. Mallard had gone mad with the news of her husband’s death. Proclaiming about how free and liberated she felt after hearing this “oh so devastating” news. This was all due to the fact that Mrs. Mallard did not all together love her husband. Instead of feeling dread and sorrow at the news she was overcome with a sense of immense liberation. She could finally live for herself. She could make her own decisions in her own best interest instead of what her husband would like. She had finally been

In “The story of an Hour” is a short story by Kate Chopin. Is about Mrs. Mallard having a heart condition and a heart attack killing her. The narrator uses the bad heart as symbolism of the story. According to Chopin “great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (179). There was sadness from Mrs. Mallard so that tells the reader that the marriage wasn’t abusive or bad. The irony was about Mrs. Mallards reaction of her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard when into her room after she hear the news, she went through different emotional stages. The symbol of the story gives the reader a sense of Mrs. Mallard’s new life appearing before her through her view of an “open window” Chopin (179). Mrs. Mallard

In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin describes the series of emotions a married woman with a heart condition, Mrs. Mallard, endures after hearing about the death of her husband, Mr. Mallard. She assumes that she will be a mournful widow, but she ends up silently rejoicing. It turns out that she was not happily married and the thought of freedom from her attachments of marriage gave her

In "The story of an Hour," Kate Chopin reveals the complex character, Mrs. Mallard, In a most unusual manner. THe reader is led to believe that her husband has been killed in a railway accident. The other characters in the story are worried about how to break the news to her; they know whe suffers from a heart condition, and they fear for her health. On the surface, the story appears to be about how Mrs. Mallard deals with the news of the death of her husband. On a deeper level, however, the story is about the feeling of intense joy that Mrs. Mallard experiences when she realizes that she is free from the influences of her husband and the consequences of

“The Story of An Hour” focuses on sixty minutes in the life of a young nineteenth-century woman, Mrs. Mallard. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard experiences an epiphany about her future without a husband. Her life, due to heart problems, suddenly ends after she unexpectedly finds out her husband is actually alive. Mrs. Mallard’s actions cause the reader to cogitate a hidden meaning weaved into Kate‘s short story. Chopin had an idea that women felt confined in their marriages, and the idea is brought out through the protagonist’s initial reaction, excessive joy, and new perspective of the world following the upsetting news.

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.

Century, Harper’s, and Vogue are the popular magazine which published “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin before she wrote her second popular novel The Awakening (1899). Mr. Mallard, the husband character in the story, was indicated die because of the accident. Everyone decided to tell Mrs. Mallard as gentle as possible because she had heart trouble. After she noticed that her husband die, she was very sad, but she accepted the fact instead dreading her sadness out. While Mrs. Mallard empathy herself in her room, her sister was stalking her outside to make sure that she was being fine.

In the very first line, it is said that breaking the news of Mrs. Mallard’s husband’s death must be done very carefully. Her sister and brother-in-law blamed this on a heart condition. I wonder though if it was because they thought excitement would cause the trouble or the stress of a loved one dying would cause it. It was my original thought that Mrs. Mallard loved her husband and would be filled with grief at the news. I has assumed that a couple who married loved each other and would be very upset at the new of the other’s death. That goes to show my thoughts on marriage. After reading a bit more, it was obvious this was not so. Mrs. Mallard’s heart beat quickly, and she believed that she was happy. She kept whispering, “free!” What caught

The Story of an Hour, written by Kate Chopin, is a short story written, referring to how the preeminent character, Mrs. Mallard, acts when she receives the news of her husband’s death. Louise Mallard locks herself in her room moreover, begins to envisage that regard to a unaccustomed life of freedom. After she comprehends about it and starts to acquire an illness. In addition, Josephine tries to pry her out of her room and head downstairs for “surprise.” Due to unanticipated circumstances, Mrs. Mallard passes away from a heart attack of disillusioned to recognize her husband is still alive before ever assimilating the opportunity to revel in her neoteric life.

In Kate Chopin’s short story, The Story of an Hour,the story does not end like the character, Mrs Mallard would have wanted to. She is a married middle-aged woman who found out that she is now a widow and experiences a lot of emotion within an hour. In the end, because of the rollercoaster of emotion she goes through an hour, she ends up not being a widow,but makes her husband a widow. Mrs Mallard journey have irony, symbolism that lead to her disappointment which is the theme. To begin, since everything occurs within an hour, the story is very short.

In the short story, “The Story of an Hour,” author Kate Chopin presents the character of Mrs. Louis Mallard. She is an unhappy woman trapped in her discontented marriage. Unable to assert herself or extricate herself from the relationship, she endures it. The news of the presumed death of her husband comes as a great relief to her, and for a brief moment she experiences the joys of a liberated life from the repressed relationship with her husband. The relief, however, is short lived. The shock of seeing him alive is too much for her bear and she dies. The meaning of life and death take on opposite meaning for Mrs. Mallard in her marriage because she lacked the courage to stand up for herself.

Write a critical analysis of any aspect of "The Story of an Hour" which you found of interest and significance.