In Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, Mrs. Mallard is described as a “Goddess of Victory” as she comes down the stairs from isolating herself in her room. She is described this way because she is victorious in the fact that she is accepting and content with being independent. She also does not resemble a Goddess of Victory because she lost her loved one, financial support, and husband. When the doctors tell the Mallard family that Mrs. Mallard died from “the joy that kills”, we can see the irony because joy doesn’t usually cause death. The situation is also ironic because Mr. Mallard was the one previously presumed dead but now Mrs. Mallard is the one dead. The audience and family of Mrs. Mallard also does not expect to see Mr. Mallard because
