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What do YOU think killed Mrs. Mallard? Why? What did you learn by reading the essays following the story? How do you think that reading the sample essays will help you in writing your own essay on fiction?
The Story of an Hour written by Kate Chopin is about Mrs. Mallard, the sickly wife of Bentley Mallard who is believed dead.
Throughout the story the Chopin describes the rare reaction of Mr. Mallard towards the institution of marriage after her husbands dead. Chopin describes the grief of the woman in such a sad event, as a potential for the woman to change her life in a positive way. The different ways in which the author describes Mrs. Mallard feelings and actions after the notice are purposed to reveal the problems of being tied to another person. From my point of view the concept of being married means being tied to another person no matter how good or bad circumstances are. The matter of fact is that being tied to another person, prevent us from being ourselves.
The story of an hour clearly reflects this concept beginning by describing Mrs. Mallard as a woman with a “heart trouble” and not certainly because she is unhealthy. All of her illnesses come her condition within marriage, either because she finds out about her husband death or because of the inherent thought of being tied to her partner.
This is explained later as the author describes the main character as "young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength", even if Brentley Mallard is not described it seems like if through her grief she celebrates the triumph of being free from the man who imprisoned her. The death of Brentley clearly depicts an open window for Mrs. Mallard as she repeats “free, free, free”, the author makes clear that the attachment to her husband was eating her alive. This attachment meant to be physically,