Throughout “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin, uses symbolism to portray Mrs. Mallard progressing state of mind. The story opens with a woman be told of her husband’s death. She is first rushed with automatic sorrow, with Chopin describing her as “weeping […]at once, with sudden, wild abandonment”(Chopin, 353). Then alone she explores the prospects of being independent, changing her entire view of her newly discovered independence. She begins to see her husbands death as a liberation and an opening to the freedom she's secretly wanted.
The symbolism of Mrs. Mallard's heart troubles represents both a weakness in her physical self as well as the it also has relation to a symbolic facet. Being warned at the forefront of the story about Mrs.Mallard's heart issues, leaves the reader with an impression of impending doom. The audience automatically begins to worry seeing that death is a dramatic and striking piece of news. Her physical being represents her personality, she and her body are impulsive. Mr. Mallard's body reacts with panic as soon as …show more content…
Kate Chopin creates a setting which represent Mr. Mallard physically and emotionally. Through the open window Mrs. Mallard is able to see the “patches of blue sky showing” (Chopin, 353) through the darkness and grief which surround her. By Mrs. Mallard not simply focusing on the dark and depressing it is clear to the audience that perhaps the death isn't as adverse as assumed. The open window which Mrs. Mallard is looking from as she is locked up alone serves as the liberations she couldn't attain with her husband. All that Mrs. Mallard is perceiving through the window, “countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves [...] the delicious breath of rain [...] in the air”(Chopin, 353) are aspects of Spring, which represents new life. The window symbolizes and leads Mrs. Mallard to her new life and rebirth without Mr.
The symbolism of Mrs. Mallard's heart troubles represents both a weakness in her physical self as well as the it also has relation to a symbolic facet. Being warned at the forefront of the story about Mrs.Mallard's heart issues, leaves the reader with an impression of impending doom. The audience automatically begins to worry seeing that death is a dramatic and striking piece of news. Her physical being represents her personality, she and her body are impulsive. Mr. Mallard's body reacts with panic as soon as …show more content…
Kate Chopin creates a setting which represent Mr. Mallard physically and emotionally. Through the open window Mrs. Mallard is able to see the “patches of blue sky showing” (Chopin, 353) through the darkness and grief which surround her. By Mrs. Mallard not simply focusing on the dark and depressing it is clear to the audience that perhaps the death isn't as adverse as assumed. The open window which Mrs. Mallard is looking from as she is locked up alone serves as the liberations she couldn't attain with her husband. All that Mrs. Mallard is perceiving through the window, “countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves [...] the delicious breath of rain [...] in the air”(Chopin, 353) are aspects of Spring, which represents new life. The window symbolizes and leads Mrs. Mallard to her new life and rebirth without Mr.