The story “The Story of An Hour” stand as a short story about the hardship that Mrs. Mallard goes through with her husband’s death. As spoken in the first sentence, Mrs. Mallard have heart problems, and it is unknown on how she would react to the news. As the story continues, there were several questions about Mrs. Mallard. What was the cause of her heart trouble? In line fifteenth and sixteenth, what was the purpose of locking the door if Mrs. Mallard kept the window unlock and open? How was the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Mallard, satisfying or terrible? If Mr. Mallard was not the one who died, then who was it? When the doctor said, “she had died of a heart disease...of the joy that kills”, does that imply that Mrs. Mallard died cheerfully?
