Response to Literature
The author, Kate Chopin, wrote a short story titled “The Story of an Hour” which took place in the Mallard family around the 18th century. In the short story, the main character, Mrs. Mallard experiences freedom rather than experiencing loneliness after she learns that her husband was dead. She also had a heart condition which played a big role to the end of the story. Mrs. Mallard did not like her marriage because she didn’t want her husband ordering her what to do all the time. Later in the story, when Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband, Brently, is still alive, she knew that all hope of freedom was gone, and the crushing disappointment kills Mrs. Mallard. “Of joy that kills” like it says in the last sentence of …show more content…
Mallard finally gets up to open the door for her sister “she arose at length and opened the door to her sister’s importunities”(Para.20). Over in this section she seemed ready for the freedom she had ahead of her and she arose from the excitement “There was feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory”(Para.20). She grabbed her “sisters waist, and together they descended the stairs”(Para.20). As they were going down the stairs they heard that someone was “opening the front door with a latchkey”(Para.21). At this point they had no idea who it could be. Mr. Brently walks in through the front door. Mrs. Brently get stunned, she knows that she will never be free now. This is too much for her to handle. Life had been amazing, with her looking forward to the years ahead "with a shudder that life might be long" (para.19). Now that Mrs. Mallard has tested what life might have been like without a husband, the idea of returning to her old life was not an option. When Mrs. Mallard sees that her husband is still alive, she dies. When the doctors came they said she died from the heart decease but in reality she dies of the “joy that kills”(para. 23). She was killed by the disappointment of losing everything she so recently thought she had
The author, Kate Chopin, wrote a short story titled “The Story of an Hour” which took place in the Mallard family around the 18th century. In the short story, the main character, Mrs. Mallard experiences freedom rather than experiencing loneliness after she learns that her husband was dead. She also had a heart condition which played a big role to the end of the story. Mrs. Mallard did not like her marriage because she didn’t want her husband ordering her what to do all the time. Later in the story, when Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband, Brently, is still alive, she knew that all hope of freedom was gone, and the crushing disappointment kills Mrs. Mallard. “Of joy that kills” like it says in the last sentence of …show more content…
Mallard finally gets up to open the door for her sister “she arose at length and opened the door to her sister’s importunities”(Para.20). Over in this section she seemed ready for the freedom she had ahead of her and she arose from the excitement “There was feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory”(Para.20). She grabbed her “sisters waist, and together they descended the stairs”(Para.20). As they were going down the stairs they heard that someone was “opening the front door with a latchkey”(Para.21). At this point they had no idea who it could be. Mr. Brently walks in through the front door. Mrs. Brently get stunned, she knows that she will never be free now. This is too much for her to handle. Life had been amazing, with her looking forward to the years ahead "with a shudder that life might be long" (para.19). Now that Mrs. Mallard has tested what life might have been like without a husband, the idea of returning to her old life was not an option. When Mrs. Mallard sees that her husband is still alive, she dies. When the doctors came they said she died from the heart decease but in reality she dies of the “joy that kills”(para. 23). She was killed by the disappointment of losing everything she so recently thought she had