Kate Choplin’s short story, The Story of an Hour is ironic. It illustrates how the death of a loved one may free another yet also bind it. After finding out her husband has died, Mrs. Mallard confronts her feeling for him; she realizes she felt discontent in the marriage yet not for the fact that she “had loved him.” She realized that she would be much more independent now that her husband had died. At that thought she rejoiced and discovered that, that was where the lack of discontentment had stemmed from.
It is ironic that no one but the reader has made the discovery of the true feelings Mrs. Mallard had for her husband, everyone believes she is distraught and struck with grief at the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Even her sister, Josephine,
It is ironic that no one but the reader has made the discovery of the true feelings Mrs. Mallard had for her husband, everyone believes she is distraught and struck with grief at the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Even her sister, Josephine,