The Story of an Hour Analysis

On The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour, a curt story by Kate Chopin, details the events of the short hour when Mrs. Mallard finds out her husband has died, only to see him walking through and through the door. Chopin makes it clear through the building of the story that the irony of these events is no coincidence there is conflict when people are oppressed and their soul has no delectation or freedom. It is clear in the exposition that Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble, implying she is weak, both physically and emotionally.Her sister Josephine and her husbands friend, Richard, know how fragile she is so, great care was taken to luckiness the news of Mr. Mallards death. Following the news of her husbands death, Mrs. Mallard, wept at oncein her sisters arms, showing her dependence on others. As the immediate feeling of grief spent itself-importance, she went up to her room to be alone with her thoughts. Although she is at first weak, someone who is completely emoti onally unstable would not be so willing to go be alone in her room to grief.There is obviously some want to be self dependent and free. The storys rising action builds through a series of scenery descriptions. After Mrs. Mallard has gone up to her room, she faces an open window. The no-good sky showing here and there and countless sparrows twittering outside were mentioned, symbolizing happiness and peace. Mrs. Mallard is then described by the narrator as a woman with a dull stare in her eyes, as she fixed her gaze on the blue sky, as if finally realizing that they were there.The details of the rising actions novelty into the climax, where Mrs. Mallard feels an emotion approaching to possess her. After the realization that there would be no one to live for for the rest of her life Mrs. Mallard continues to whisper under her breath, Free Body and soul free This moment is filled with joy however a turn of events could be predicted to come soon as she prayed that life might be lo ng. At the falling action of the story, Mrs.Mallard leaves the room with the open window with a feverish triumph in her eyes. She is unquestionably a confident and new woman as she walks down the stairs with her sister. The story concludes with the denouement in which Brently Mallard enters the front door, unharmed. The shock of his homecoming is highly evident through Josephines piercing cry and Richard quickly trying to block him from the view of his wife. Mrs.Mallard apparently has a heart attack and dies of the joy that kills. By the time Mrs. Mallard realizes that because her husband has died she will now be able to experience the joy of freedom, the face of this self-control has unexpectedly walked in through the door. Although most would expect the weak Mrs. Mallard to die when hearing the news of her husbands death, it is seeing him alive and realizing that she will continue to be his possession that causes her heart and her soul to die.