Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

Ever worry so much, you make yourself sick? Or perhaps a tragedy occurs and your body seems to shut down. While this appears to be what happened to Louise Mallard, a women known to have heart troubles, at the news of her husband's death, she is really experiencing enthusiasm for new found freedom. In The Story of An Hour, author Kate Chopin displays Louise's troubled heart in two ways, physical and emotional, however, in truth, Louise’s trouble heart is not as much as a medical issue but rather an emotional heart affliction. Her heart troubles are only explicitly mentioned at the beginning and end of the story, the rest of the time, Louise is experiencing emotional change that she seems to welcome as she recognizes the potential to live on her own in the time to come. By looking at The Story of An Hour, we can see that Louise's heart troubled are rooted in emotional strains of the heart, which contributes to the theme of freedom in the short story.

Chopin displays Mrs. Mallard’s heart trouble in two

Louise's actions throughout the text make the reader wonder how she feels about her husband's death. At first, we are under the impression she was having physical heart troubles going into shock in these moments comprehending her husband is dead, but through her actions, we realize these are feelings of joy in the moments without her husband. Louise’s heart troubles are more emotional than physical, trapped in an unhappy marriage to Brently where she feels controlled under his will. When he is pronounced dead, she realizes her new found freedom from his authority, ‘there would be no powerful will bending against hers [Louise].” Mrs.