The last point that she symbolizes in the short story The Story of an Hour is how freedom and the blue sky through the window relate to each other. An open and closed window symbolizes closure and when it is opened it seems as if she is set free. Mrs. Mallard was unhappy in her marriage and felt as if she was trapped which is how the storm and the closed window portrayed as in the story. As soon as her husband “dies” the storm clears up and she states that “there was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know;…” but she was ready for it. Another quote that would mean a lot to any reader is when she says “there would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself.”
