Who Is The Woman In The Story Of An Hour

A short story; “The Story of an Hour,” in which the main character Mrs. Louise Mallard suffers from heart disease and is always kept at home since her husband Brently is very overprotective from the world around them. The marriage that Mrs. Mallard and Brently have is a rather normal marriage back in the nineteenth century, the man goes out to work and the wife stays at home making sure the house is well kept. They both care about each other but there are times Mrs. Mallard has admitted to not truly loving Brently. Mrs. Mallard practically being imprisoned would cause her to want to escape, instead the incorrect news of her husband’s death brought so much happiness that the disappointment when seeing he was not harmed was enough to kill her. …show more content…
Mallard because she has heart disease and is always trapped indoors, in the eyes of Brently he is just trying to be careful and it seems to be controlling. Mrs. Mallard only wishes of exploring the world by traveling, Bently only can offer stories to comfort her imagination since he cannot provide what she desires. Marriage today in aspects of control from a man is not common like before, woman have a strong say in the way a relationship goes, women are not fully under a man’s control, women can work and have a say in just about anything as a matter of fact. Around the nineteen hundreds there was a high tolerance from society for husbands to treat their wife as needed be, whether it included abuse; emotionally and physically. The way Brently treated Mrs. Mallard would seem to be more of an emotional abuse relationship because he is taking away freedom of her life by preventing her from going outside their