Story Of An Hour Literary Analysis

“Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are” -Stephen Moyer. In the story, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin contained many different elements of internal and external conflicts that attached with the main character named Mrs. Mallard, and the way faith lead her to deal with her conflicts had also lead her to an ironic ending. The story takes place in the late 1900s where “women was radically different than it is today” (784). Decades ago, women did not have the same rights and advantages as men. During the time of the society, it is to be suspected that all women must be suitable as an ideal housewife or otherwise they will be shamed upon. In Mrs. Mallard’s shoes, she does not agree in what

Mallard’s wealth stating that she suffers from a heart disease or “heart trouble” (784), also known as a first example of an external conflict of man versus nature that was mentioned in a chronological order. Her sister, Josephine, told her the news that her husband died from a freak accident in a railroad. If only if you could realize being exposed to these type of tragic news, Mrs. Mallard was beyond dreadful. Her first initial reaction described was, “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abolishment, in her sister’s arms” (786). Louis Mallard left her sister's arm and headed to her room where she “sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless” (786 ). While she was sitting on the chair, something has caught her eye, and “it was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought” (786). At this very moment, she gathered all of her thoughts, regain her consciousness of grief, and began to change moods of perspective in which were introduced to another internal conflict in which she was comprehending her thoughts and

Mallard grief over her husband came to a quick end after realizing that her husband death could possibly be beneficial towards changing her own life in a completely new way. Louis was so relieved that she had an opportunity that “she would live for herself” (787) from that day and on rather than living someone else’s shadows, and it could be considered as another conflict in the story. She felt a strange sensation that she was able to recognize what it was, and that sensation was a rollercoaster feeling of being finally free. She whispered, “Free! Body and soul free!” (787) as a reliever. Not long after celebrating her small freedom that she thought she had, her husband had came home safe and sound which stunned Louis that changed her life around,