"The Story of an Hour" and the Progress of Women of Today In Kate Chopin's writing of "The Story of an Hour," it portrays many different emotions from the main character, Mrs. Mallard. In the story, Mrs. Mallard has a weak heart and when she gets new of her husband's death, she is overcome with all different feelings and emotions. Within in that hour, Mrs. Mallard goes from being distraught to feeling elated and free. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," it describes how a woman felt trapped by her husband and how his death set her free, which in turn allowed her to become her own person and to do the things that should wanted to do and achieve. Through the story, Kate Chopin, shows how it is to be oppressed by another being, but to suddenly
