Srushti Patel
Mrs. Sumrall
English III – A2
9 October 2014
“The Little Freedom of Mrs. Millard” The short story, The Story of an Hour, takes place in the 1900s. The1900s was the time where women were treated differently than they are treated today. Furthermore, the story began with Mrs. Millard hearing about the news of her husbands, Mr. Millard, death. Throughout the story, the readers notice Mrs. Millard’s attitude change towards the death. In The Story of an Hour, the author, Choplin describes Mrs. Millard’s longing for happiness and freedom from her husband’s death. After receiving the message about Mr. Millard’s death, Mrs. Millard’s reaction towards the situation was different than how “normal” women react to …show more content…
During their marriage, Mrs. Mallard was incapable to experience the happiness that living for ones’ self brings which is why she reacted to the news with such voracious thirst. As quoted from the story, “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself” (Choplin 49). By this, readers could infer that Mrs. Millard used to live to fulfill her husband’s wishes but from now her preceding days were only hers, and with her new life they would belong to her only. It is clear that there is fairly a difference between Louise and Brently Mallard feel about each other, but all the unknown of the difference is on Louise’s side. Lawrence L. Rerkove says “whatever her original reason had been for marrying Barently, it is clear now that feeling the way she does about him she would rather have not been married to him.” The story only shows one side of the situation, it doesn’t tell us what Mr. Mallard thinks about his wife. In addition, the awareness of her new life brought Mrs. Millard feelings that she had never experienced before. As Choplin states, “She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long” (Choplin 65). It is only once she believed her husband had died and that she was free and was now excited about living for the rest of her life. In brief, Mrs. Millard got her freedom and can finally do things the way she dreamed
Mrs. Sumrall
English III – A2
9 October 2014
“The Little Freedom of Mrs. Millard” The short story, The Story of an Hour, takes place in the 1900s. The1900s was the time where women were treated differently than they are treated today. Furthermore, the story began with Mrs. Millard hearing about the news of her husbands, Mr. Millard, death. Throughout the story, the readers notice Mrs. Millard’s attitude change towards the death. In The Story of an Hour, the author, Choplin describes Mrs. Millard’s longing for happiness and freedom from her husband’s death. After receiving the message about Mr. Millard’s death, Mrs. Millard’s reaction towards the situation was different than how “normal” women react to …show more content…
During their marriage, Mrs. Mallard was incapable to experience the happiness that living for ones’ self brings which is why she reacted to the news with such voracious thirst. As quoted from the story, “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself” (Choplin 49). By this, readers could infer that Mrs. Millard used to live to fulfill her husband’s wishes but from now her preceding days were only hers, and with her new life they would belong to her only. It is clear that there is fairly a difference between Louise and Brently Mallard feel about each other, but all the unknown of the difference is on Louise’s side. Lawrence L. Rerkove says “whatever her original reason had been for marrying Barently, it is clear now that feeling the way she does about him she would rather have not been married to him.” The story only shows one side of the situation, it doesn’t tell us what Mr. Mallard thinks about his wife. In addition, the awareness of her new life brought Mrs. Millard feelings that she had never experienced before. As Choplin states, “She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long” (Choplin 65). It is only once she believed her husband had died and that she was free and was now excited about living for the rest of her life. In brief, Mrs. Millard got her freedom and can finally do things the way she dreamed