Everyone has or will have to face death at some point in their life. Depending on the individual and the person who has perished, the reaction can be different for anyone. Typically, the death of a loved one will bring grief and sadness. In Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour, the main character,Louis. Mallard, is faced with the death of her husband, Brently Mallard. However, Mrs. Mallard’s reaction is strange because instead of feeling sadness and grief towards the death of her husband, she feels the opposite and appears to feel joy and freedom. Mallard’s short story begins with an introduction of Mrs. Mallard and the audience is informed that Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition that prevents her from receiving any significant news to suddenly. Her sister Josephine, breaks the news to Mrs. Mallard, along with her husband’s friend, Richard, slowly that her husband has died in a train accident. After receiving the news, Mrs. Mallard cries for a little bit and then locks herself in her room. In her room, Mrs. Mallard sits down and begins to look out the window. During this time, Mrs. Mallard trys to suppress her feelings,
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Mallard is an interesting character because of the way she reacts to her husband’s death. Typically, when a woman is faced with the death of a husband, they feel sadness where as Mrs. Mallards appears to feel happiness. The reason Mrs. Mallard reacts this way because it appears that her marriage restrained her. That is why she repeats the words “free” after she receives the news of her husbands death. She is now independent and has the will to live the rest of her life as she fits. In addition, that is why she dies when she sees her husband is alive because she realizes that she will be thrown back into the life where she was being oppressed. Mrs. Mallard death is ironic because everyone believes she died from the joy of seeing her husband alive where in fact it seems she died from the disappointment of having to return to her old
Mallard is an interesting character because of the way she reacts to her husband’s death. Typically, when a woman is faced with the death of a husband, they feel sadness where as Mrs. Mallards appears to feel happiness. The reason Mrs. Mallard reacts this way because it appears that her marriage restrained her. That is why she repeats the words “free” after she receives the news of her husbands death. She is now independent and has the will to live the rest of her life as she fits. In addition, that is why she dies when she sees her husband is alive because she realizes that she will be thrown back into the life where she was being oppressed. Mrs. Mallard death is ironic because everyone believes she died from the joy of seeing her husband alive where in fact it seems she died from the disappointment of having to return to her old