"The Story of an Hour"

After reading “The Story of an Hour”, I came to the conclusion that Mrs. Mallard was sad that her husband had past away and would not know how to live her life with out him. Mrs. Mallard then went out of the room to grieve and look at the “tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.” (Chopin, 193). Knowing that the trees had a fresh start for the coming spring season helped show Mrs. Mallard that she to can move on and start a new life living without her husband. When she came out of her room to see her husband standing at the door way triggered her heart problem by making her excited “of joy that kills.”(Chopin, 194) that he was still alive; that it made her heart stop beating. Then going to class and discussing the story made me think of it in a different perspective. She wanted to be free from her husband, and that she was more relieved to here the breaking news that her husband had been killed; she was abused and was happy that she was now alone with out anyone to answer to or please. The line “spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of day that would be her own.”(Chopin, 194) helped me see that Mrs. Mallard will be able to enjoy the rest her life as happy ones.