Monday, September 21, 2009
The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin
I felt kind of bad for Mrs. Mallard. She wasn't happy in her marriage to Mr. Mallard. When she got the news that he had died in an accident she was over filled with joy. No one knew it was joy, they all thought that she was grief stricken. She spent an hour in her room thinking how wonderful life will be without her husband and of all the things she is able to do now that she wasn't able to do before. When she came down stairs and saw her husband standing in the door way she was horrified. Her heart couldn't handle any more emotions. She died, in my opinion, from too many emotions at once. She died because she didn't want to be with him anymore. She wanted to be free from her husband, she didn't want to be married at all. When she is in her room she thinks of freedom, and how amazing it is to be free from the restraints of her marriage. When she saw her husband in the door way, she died. She still freed herself from him, only in a different way. It makes you think why Mrs. Mallard wasn't happy being married to Mr. Mallard and why she felt so restrained.
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Yes, several conflicts and ironies in this story--died from an abundance of emotions, of life? interesting irony. A lifetime of experience condensed into an hour--yes, that's a strong brew...
ReplyDeleteI completly agree, i feel as if she was unhappy with her husband and his demise brought her joy. All that joy built up and she began to feel free but after seeing her husband not only did those emotions vanish but the negative emotions from her husband came back and it was too much for her to handle.
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