This is where the tone goes from sad to excitement, that she is free to live her life, without I assume her husband. Because of this, I think she over excited herself and her weak heart gave out and passed away. It was at the end of the story that you find out that her husband was really not dead and had came home to find that his wife had died. There was a lot of symbolism in this story. At first “Storm” is used, to show her great sorrow in the time of her loss.
She mourned of her husband’s passing but as she went up the flight of stairs into her room, Mrs. Mallard came to realize of her newfound freedom. She soon relished her liberation from her marriage to her husband Brently. Such freedom was short-lived, and as she her eyes caught sight of her husband’s entrance into the house, her heart gave way and she died. The two women do indeed share some similarities, but also at the same time show various differences that make their respective situations unique. Among the similarities between Calixta and Mrs. Mallard are the conditions of their marriages around the time of the stories: Calixta to Bobinot and Mrs. Mallard with Brently Mallard.
Even though she feels sad about the fact that she has lost her husband, she cannot conceal her feeling thrills about her new life as an independent woman. Her death at the end of the story is really unexpected, and Chopin does not give any detailed description of the reason why she is dead so suddenly. However, it may be because her freedom has been taken away from her again. In ‘Deictic Elements in Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour – A Cognitive
Kate Chopin’s character Louise Mallard in “The Story of an Hour” is made realistic through her internal conflict over how she is expected or supposed to feel about her husband’s death, as opposed to how she actually feels. It is her revelations that really make Mrs. Mallard relatable and complex. Her unexpected new feelings are the keys to her complexity; without which she would be flat and dull. Mrs. Mallard is a young woman with a heart problem, whom is expected to be devastated and destroyed over the sudden death of her husband, instead, she finds herself happy, feeling hopeful for the future, and most importantly, free. Mrs. Mallard finds herself happy over the death of her husband; not happy that he died, but happy because until this point she was unhappy with her life.
Another example Kate Chopin uses of dramatic irony is throughout the whole short story. The reader knows that Mrs. Mallards is glad about her husband’s death but her sister, Josephine, and her best friend, Richards, don’t. They think Mrs. Mallard is making herself sick when she locked herself in her
Negron 1 Negron 2 March 2013 Silenced Abuse in Modern Day Relationships Relationships can either be fulfilling or demeaning. Although some relationships can be abusive, some women may still have a love/hate relationship with their partner. While reading the Story of an Hour, and The 1950’s guide to being a Good Wife, I noticed a pattern of behavior that women of that time followed. I also thought about my own experience in a past relationship. I have discovered that, after reading the material, that even present day women, like past women from the 1800’s and the 1950’s, including myself, have silently suffered while still loving our partners.
The Story of an Hour Death opens its mouth to consume a husband and fights to take the wife in this bitter sweet story of a woman caught in a loveless marriage. Mrs. Mallard hears the details slightly, in small elements, from her sister trying to relieve her of any more grief than necessary. Worrying about her heart condition and trying to save her sister’s life during this tragic time, Josephine chooses her words wisely and slowly to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Josephine and others have seen the illusion of love as she tries to spare her poor sister any more sorrow. The theme of this story screams of bereavement.
Critical Analysis to Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” allows one to explore the ironic situation in which a woman unpredictably feels free after her husband’s assumed death. Chopin uses Mrs. Mallard’s bizarre story to illustrate the marital problems that were inherent in marriages in the early 19th century. In “The Story of an Hour,” the main character, Mrs. Mallard, celebrates the death of her husband, yet, Chopin challenges readers of all backgrounds, gender, age, and cultural societies to analyze, question and criticize the behavior of Mrs. Mallard during the-time-of-her-’loving’-husband’s-assumed-death. Chopin portrays the stereotypical marriage Mrs. Mallard endured during the 19th century. It was the kind of marriage that established boundaries between men and women and consisted of a lack in communication between the marital partners.
Women were not even allowed to vote yet. Thus a female writing a story about a woman that sees’s happiness in the thought of her husbands passing was not received well. Even though at the end of this story the character pays for her elation of her husbands passing with her life it is not enough for this story to have a good following when it was first written. Although The Story of an Hour is brief it contains a lot of thought and a bigger message than one might originally think. In the beginning of the story it opens with Mrs. Mallard and the narrator mentions that she has heart trouble.
There are some moments of sarcasm and bitterness especially when she tries convincing herself that she is “happy now” despite her very unpleasant reality. The emotions of the bride can be described as depressing because it seems as though she is living in misery because she is more concerned about putting other’s happiness before her own. “Bridal Ballad” touches on a fundamental theme of marriage and the love, loss, and longing for happiness that comes along with it. With the themes of marriage, the concept of love is the first to make an appearance in the poem. It is well known to the readers that the bride’s previous lover died in battle or “fell in the battle down the dell.” It is also quite evident that as she and her forced lover exchange vows, she remembers the breath of her former and true lover, hints the line that says “sighed to him before me, thinking him dead D’Elormie.” The true love towards her dead husband greatly outweighs the phony love for her new partner.