Who Is Louise Future Without A Husband

The theme is forbidden freedom from grief of marriage; to understand forbidden freedom a marriage must fail and stop the cycle of societies beliefs on women. In this society it is hard for a woman being alone because it is not the norm. On the other hand, this is Louise chance to become what she really wants in life and not allow society to stomp on her, but to rise from it. Therefore, Louise future is without a husband because she knows it is the only way to have freedom.

In the first phase of grief, Louise is given news by her sister that her husband is dead. Louise is in the denial stage of the conversation, so there is not any understanding of the words that her sister is saying. When Louise accepts the death is when she can grow from

it and retrieve her lost freedoms. Louise repeats “Body and soul free!” (Chopin 40) to make her feel ready for the next phase of her life and Louise does other exercises like spreading her arms to catch her dreams of being free. Louise heart issues affect her freedoms because by being physical weak, it can have a toll on the body from hearing the upsetting news and having stressful decisions.
The world that Louise lives in has taken away her future freedoms by being inaccurate about her husband death and not getting the facts right which leads her to death. Louise loved him a little and “often she had not” (Chopin 40) loved him, so her decision to think about her future without a man was easier than other women in her place. The society she lives in is marriage oriented, but she does not want a marriage trap forever, so she rather him be dead for her forbidden freedoms. At the same time, Louise would be considered an outcast if she does not find another man, so it makes the situation more stressful. Louise heart chooses death because after all decisions being made about her future freedoms, Louise was back where she started and her heart could not take it anymore.
To concluded, Louise does not ever receive her new freedoms because her husband did not die. Louise is not given a chance of getting her future freedom because she dies before this could happen. Louise is a common house wife of the Mid-1800 and she wanted freedom, but the only way for her freedom is for her husband to die. The reason Louise needs her husband to die is his money to live by herself, which might have been hers at a time, but might have lost it when they got married.