Her Husband's Husband Diction

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The tone in this story is diction, syntax, and imagery. For instance, when Mrs. Mallard finds out that her husband is actually alive bring her to a shock because she realizes that she is still in her husband’s control. Mrs. Mallard could only find meaning in her life when her husband was dead she was seen as this obedient frail wife. After her husband had passed away she made her own decision and live independently than depending on her kind husband. Mrs. Mallards possession of self assertion gives her voice that was not present at the beginning of the story. Finding out about her husband being alive will end her tone.
The use of diction is used when Mrs. Mallard changes from the grief of her husband’s loss to that excitement when she relies

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