Mallard

Louise Mallard. Louise Mallard was originally afflicted with a heart trouble. When her sister, Josephine, broke news to her that her husband, Brently Mallard, passed away due to a railroad disaster, she begins to sob heavily. Mallard’s life felt like it was falling apart and that nothing mattered. She felt alone and forsaken. Louise rushes to room alone and locks the door. She sits facing an open window begins to notice…

circumstances. Mrs. Mallard is looking around from her bedroom window and is taking notice of all the pleasant things around her, such as the “new spring life” and “delicious breath of rain.” Even the word choice regards happiness and a newfound outlook on life. This paragraph demonstrates Mrs. Mallard’s newfound outlook on her life before she has even realized it herself. A large symbol that helps one to understand the setting and the mood of the story is the fact that Mrs. Mallard has heart…

While Freedom Lasts In “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard is seen as a woman who wants to gain her own individual freedom in order to live her life to the fullest. The setting of this story is important to provide a general idea of the time period as opposed to the patriarchal society that the Mallards live in. Because of the fact that they live in a time period of a patriarchal society, women were usually looked upon as that of a lesser person than men were. This in…

story written by Kate Chopin that shows people a different view of marriage. In this story, Mrs. Mallard finds out that her husband is dead, and she then locks herself in her bedroom where she shows a different attitude than most people would. Her attitude shows she’s upset about his death but also happy. Does Mrs. Mallard feel sadness about her husband’s death or does she feel freedom? Mrs. Mallard feels freedom from her husband, because she’s finally going to be able to live her own life.…

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a classic short story of a woman (Mrs. Mallard) who thought she lost her husband and soon realizes the true joy of freedom that she’s about to obtain; that is until he comes home. “The Story of an Hour” entails numerous themes including happiness in independence, communication, marriage, and even time. Mrs. Mallard displays a complete change of character throughout a short period which truly questions whether she truly loved her husband or was she…

this story in order to shine light on the issue that many women are facing; she is a realist after all. The story revolves around Mrs. Louise Mallard, the protagonist, and throughout the story she gains a sense of freedom when she is told that her husband has died in a “railroad disaster” (555). Subsequently, after the premise has been said to Mrs. Mallard, she starts contemplating on her newly gained freedom and fantasizes the many opportunities she now has. She is filled with joy, but later…

of the story, Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband, Brently Mallard, has died in a train accident. After hearing what has happened to her husband, Louise Mallard spends the next hour feeling excitement instead of grief, knowing that for the years to come, she will have “no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature” (Chopin page 2). This quote implies that Mrs. Mallard doesn’t enjoy…

Finding Liberation “The Story Of An Hour’ written by Kate Chopin, puts a spotlight on the repressed state of women in the nineteen hundreds. The readers are introduced to Mrs. Mallard Chopin’s main character, a woman who’s found liberation in her husband’s death. Recently widowed Mrs. Mallard goes through what seems like a grief that never ends. After the grief settled, she found herself to be a liberated woman. She had felt this liberation so intensely, that she later was diagnosed with “the…

Freedom is the first message from the story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. Mrs. Mallard hears about the death of her husband, the first thing that does is go to a room all by herself. She does this because she doesn’t want anyone to witness…

Mallard by subtle clues, for example, of the five characters mention only Ms. Mallard first name is absent. Ms. Mallard is only known by her husband's last name given to her when she wed, her individuality and freedom left when her name change. Regardless of who she was before, her fate was as the wife of Brently…