Truly, Chopin did not want us to assume she died of physical illness, but a sudden spiritual illness that took her joy and her life. Usually, humanity sees death of a family member or friend as a burden while their recovery from a serious accident or illness as a blessing. However, what Mrs. Mallard felt about death and resurrection is different from the overall human’s perspective. The readers would have noticed Mrs. Mallard’s weeping that her husband passed away after her sister Josephine told her (Roberts, 316). However, it changed her perspective of death, seeing this moment in her window as freedom from submitting to her husband and from showing love to another person. Because he resurrected, she did not hugged him or show love for him. Instead, she experienced death as humans have, regardless of her perspective. However, what we can learn from situational irony in the story is that her reaction to life and death explains her desire to become independent from her husband and the reason she died from a spiritual illness rather than a physical
Truly, Chopin did not want us to assume she died of physical illness, but a sudden spiritual illness that took her joy and her life. Usually, humanity sees death of a family member or friend as a burden while their recovery from a serious accident or illness as a blessing. However, what Mrs. Mallard felt about death and resurrection is different from the overall human’s perspective. The readers would have noticed Mrs. Mallard’s weeping that her husband passed away after her sister Josephine told her (Roberts, 316). However, it changed her perspective of death, seeing this moment in her window as freedom from submitting to her husband and from showing love to another person. Because he resurrected, she did not hugged him or show love for him. Instead, she experienced death as humans have, regardless of her perspective. However, what we can learn from situational irony in the story is that her reaction to life and death explains her desire to become independent from her husband and the reason she died from a spiritual illness rather than a physical