“THE STORY OF AN HOUR”
In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the main character, Mrs. Mallard, is a married woman with a heart condition. Her husband is absent and the news arrives that he died in a horrible train accident. His sister tells him the news and, in silence, Mrs. Mallard rejoices. It is that she is not happily married and the idea of freedom from her marriage ties gives her joy. She assumes that she is playing the sad widow. Bently Mallard, the husband of Mrs. Louise Mallard, is reported as the victim of a "railway disaster". After Mrs. Mallard realizes she is happy that he is dead, she walks in the door, surprising everyone because he is alive. Louise Mallard is physically ill, but her heart is not the only problem she has.
In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the main character, Mrs. Mallard, is a married woman with a heart condition. Her husband is absent and the news arrives that he died in a horrible train accident. His sister tells him the news and, in silence, Mrs. Mallard rejoices. It is that she is not happily married and the idea of freedom from her marriage ties gives her joy. She assumes that she is playing the sad widow. Bently Mallard, the husband of Mrs. Louise Mallard, is reported as the victim of a "railway disaster". After Mrs. Mallard realizes she is happy that he is dead, she walks in the door, surprising everyone because he is alive. Louise Mallard is physically ill, but her heart is not the only problem she has.