Every person during their lifetime has experienced a feeling of pain, or distress after losing a family member. However, “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin shows the reader how an upsetting situation, like the death of a loved one, can be turned into an ironic event. This story revolves around a context where the loss of a family member turns into a joyful event for the main character, but then becomes the reason of the main character’s death. Therefore, the feelings that the main character experienced were worth it to her death since before she passed away, she experienced freedom.
In the first place, before the main character died instead of feeling pain, she felt freedom. When her sister Josephine told Louise Mallard, the main …show more content…
Mallard was not totally happy with her marriage, so her death could be represented as a pleasant event for her. After the announcement of her husband’s death, she felt severely happy for her freedom. Due to the reaction she had, it could be interpreted as an unhappy marriage. Therefore, when Chopin states “And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter!” (p.61), the reader can conclude that after finding out that her husband passed away and then realizing that it was a mistake, the best option for her was to die. Therefore, she was not happy enough to keep living married to Mr. Mallard after making plans for the rest of her life without him.
To conclude, “The Story of an Hour” presents to the reader a different perspective of how people can react to an undesirable situation. It is presented with a sense of irony due to the fact that many of the events in the story are not as the reader was expecting to be. The reader expected from Mrs. Mallard to be alive and from Mr. Mallard to be death. Nevertheless, the story concludes with the opposite event where Mrs. Mallard is death and Mr. Mallard is alive. Finally, Mrs. Mallard’s moment of freedom was worth it because she had the opportunity to experience a moment of happiness before she passed
In the first place, before the main character died instead of feeling pain, she felt freedom. When her sister Josephine told Louise Mallard, the main …show more content…
Mallard was not totally happy with her marriage, so her death could be represented as a pleasant event for her. After the announcement of her husband’s death, she felt severely happy for her freedom. Due to the reaction she had, it could be interpreted as an unhappy marriage. Therefore, when Chopin states “And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter!” (p.61), the reader can conclude that after finding out that her husband passed away and then realizing that it was a mistake, the best option for her was to die. Therefore, she was not happy enough to keep living married to Mr. Mallard after making plans for the rest of her life without him.
To conclude, “The Story of an Hour” presents to the reader a different perspective of how people can react to an undesirable situation. It is presented with a sense of irony due to the fact that many of the events in the story are not as the reader was expecting to be. The reader expected from Mrs. Mallard to be alive and from Mr. Mallard to be death. Nevertheless, the story concludes with the opposite event where Mrs. Mallard is death and Mr. Mallard is alive. Finally, Mrs. Mallard’s moment of freedom was worth it because she had the opportunity to experience a moment of happiness before she passed