Love In Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

Love is a distinct and complex emotion that can be very difficult to understand at times. In many fiction stories, the author interprets, in detail, these different categories of love by putting a twist on it to show which kind of love is being portrayed. There are many dissimilar kinds of love that people everywhere identify with. There is the love that one seeks in a partner that is mature and patient. One would not be selfish and make an effort to provide love rather than just accepting it. In this love, one would compromise to make the bond last. Another type of love is the love between friends. It is being loyal, being there for them, and being someone to share emotions with. Following, is the passionate lustful love that one thinks they are in love, but really they are in love with the idea or thought of this person or for their own selfish ambition. Then there is the family love that every

In this time period, men were superior to women and the women had no say in the marriage. The women were supposed to love and cherish their husbands regardless of how depraved the marriage was. Upon hearing of her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard “wept at once, with wild abandonment” (15). The devastation, she felt come over her, was unbearable, so she had to be alone. All of these thoughts and emotions were coming over her at once and she couldn’t resist the feelings she was having. Even though she had felt she was unrestricted now, she would not have wished for her husband to die. The pledge taken between a husband and his wife is so strong, close, powerful, and comprehensive that, as long as they both are alive, it can’t be broken. Chopin states that Mrs. Mallard “would weep again when she saw his kind, tender hands folded in death” (16). Obviously, the love, Mrs. Mallard had for her husband in this story, is actually unalike the love shared in “IND AFF or Out of Love in