In the short story of “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin I believe that the Mallards’ marriage was a loveless one. It is more likely that Mrs. Mallard was married with her husband probably obligated or through tradition. The narrator mention that “-And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not”, this quote can be used as evidence proving that their marriage was a loveless one. When the story began, Louise’s sister Josephine gave the bad news telling her that Mr. Mallard died. Mrs. Mallard obviously began to cry in the arms of her sister accepting that her husband passed away. When Mrs. Mallard calmed down, she went to her room alone maybe to assume more calm the terrible notice. As the story goes on, Mrs. Mallard began to feel
