Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

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Alicia Rosas
Ms. Baker
ENG III P. 4
6 October 2017

The story of an Hour

Death in the family would be heartbreaking to many people but this is not the case of Mrs. Mallard. In the story of an hour by Kate Chopin Mrs. Mallard experimented true freedom through the death of her husband. Back in that time women were educated to serve the man . They has not right were owner by her father or her husband. The theme of freedom is represented in “ The Story of an Hour “ through the symbols of Mr. Mallard's heart trouble , the open window and the front door of her house .After she received the news that her husband died she was looking through a open window that represent more than we imagined. “ she was drinking in a very elixir of life through the open window”( pg 687) The open window represents the freedom and opportunities that are waiting for her outside . The reason for this is that she feels that the open window is providing a view of how her life will be with freedom. As result the window represents that now she is unobstructed by the demands of another person. …show more content…

Mallard suffer from a heart trouble “ knowing that Mr. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news on her husband's death” (pg 689) Mrs. Mallard's heart trouble represents the range of emotion that she experiences from learning of her husband death and her own death. The transition takes place once Mrs. Mallard enters the confines of the room and realizes that she is now free of her marriage. As result her heart trouble here represents the lack of true love, the freedom that she wants and that her time with Mr. Mallard was more as an obligation as a

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