Story Of An Hour Character Analysis: The Story Of An Hour

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The Story of an Hour
In “the story of an hour” author “Kate chopin” describes that Louise Mallard was a heart patient and it was really hard for her to tolerate the news of her husband’s death. She loved her husband often. She was having a hard time bearing the news that her husband, Brently Mallard, has passed away but after some time she was happy and hoping for a long life that she could ever live. The character, theme, and imaginary are the element that describe the story to explore the reality and inner sight. First, character describe the story how it relates to the reality, Regarding to Mrs. Mallard’s husband, she represents that she is having a hard time accepting that her husband is no more in this world. “She wept at once, with
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Mallard, she represents that she is so upset for her husband by crying and going to her room silently. “When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.” (307). When Mrs. Mallard calmed down then she went to her room and locked the door and she didn’t even wanted someone to go after her because she wanted to be alone for a while. Mrs. Mallard represents her sadeness by staying in front of window in calm room. “There stood facing the open window.” (307). She was standing by the window, hearing the nice sounds of sparrows and looking at the sky through the small openings in the clouds for relaxing herself from that shocking moment. As time passed by, she felt like freedom is coming in her life and then she starts feeling happy. Mrs. Mallard shows her family that she is normal now by opening the door and letting her sister Josephine hold her and walk with her down the stairs. “She arose at length and and opened the door for her sister’s importunities.” (308). She was happy for her longer life that she thought will happen, and was enjoying the spring weather in relaxed environment, but then her sister comes and insists to bring her out of the room, and then she walked with her down the

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