Emotions In Mrs. Mallard's The Story Of An Hour

In “The Story of an Hour” The reader proceeds through a journey. The journey is the travelling through thoughts and emotions in Mrs. Mallards (Louise) mind. The journey only takes an hour, so the story moves along quickly. Louise seemed to process the news of her husband’s death without an initial element of disbelief and shock; she is quick to accept it. As a reader it makes her appear cold and unloving. She moves right into the reaction of grieving for her spouse. This seems more real to us, as we think of the typical human reaction. She quickly begins to perceive other emotions. At first it is difficult for her to understand them. Louise may be thinking how people will perceive her. The journey is a way that Louise comes to her final thoughts of freedom. She looks into the future and looks forward to living a long life on her own terms. At the end she appears proud and relieved with her discovery.
The beginning of the story sets the theme for the whole story. The reader learns about the heart condition Louise is affected by. This is an important concept throughout the story. The …show more content…
Mrs. Mallard grieves and then begins to feel revived. A sense of freedom comes over her. She is young and excited for the future. Louise welcomes the ability to live life the way she wants to. In society, people are expected to act a certain way to certain events. If people don’t act a certain way they are judged negatively. Mrs. Mallard needed to be alone so she could work through the news and reflect on life in general in her own way. I find it interesting how quickly emotions are experienced and in the blink of an eye are gone. Life and death are mysteries that we will never fully understand. Life is short and filled with many thoughts and emotions, which can at times be overwhelming. From this story I gathered that we need to live life for ourselves and we need to find happiness where we