In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," we see a marriage that is complicated by the fact Louise feels constrained in the marriage. The relationship Louise has with her husband appears to be a normal one as the story begins. She is distraught and appears saddened by the news that her husband has been killed in an accident going so far as to weep “with sudden, wild abandonment” when told (Chopin).
The marriage between the two is loving, but Louise feels trapped in it. We see a wife grieve for her lost husband and come to understand that even though “she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her” she felt free of the confines of her marriage. When the thought
The marriage between the two is loving, but Louise feels trapped in it. We see a wife grieve for her lost husband and come to understand that even though “she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her” she felt free of the confines of her marriage. When the thought