Story Of An Hour Literary Analysis

Marriage is supposed to bring love, joy, unity, happiness and caring between two married partners. However, in a short story, “The Story of an Hour,” written by Kate Chopin depicts marriage as something undesirable to ever get in life. The main character of this story, Mrs. Louise Mallard, feels like she is in slavery in her relationship with her husband, Brently. Mrs. Mallard is so happy and thinks that the freedom she yearns had finally come when she received the news that Brently her husband is dead. It is opposite of what they expected between two married partners where one partner is supposed to grief demise of the other partner. Her joy is cut short when she discovers that her husband is still alive. According to Mrs. Mallard, Brently being viable means that she is in misery again. …show more content…
Mallard rejoices when she gets informed that her husband is dead. What comes to her mind when she gets the news is that there will” be no powerful will bending her” (Chopin, 2013) meaning that an end to the obstacles that barred her from being free has finally come. She will, therefore, live a life that she desires with fear no or limitations as the husband who was her challenge is finally dead. Brently alleged death is the beginning of Mrs. Mallard freedom as she says that no more existence of a man that believes that he has the “right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature” (Chopin, 2013). It shows that Brently used to make selfish decisions without being considerate of Mrs. Mallard opinions and force her to adhere to his decisions. It deprived Mrs. Mallard freedom of expressing her ideas and depended on totalitarian decisions from her husband. Mrs. Mallard did not hide her joy in her being a free woman where she repeats the words ‘’Free, free free!” (Chopin, 2013) after the death of her husband. In fact, she felt her body come alive, pulse beating faster, blood running warmer and eyes were