The Story of an Hour

Even though we talked about how there are many suttle ways that point that she was not in an abusive relationship I still belive that she was. For me there are too many hints that point that it was an abusive relationship. First the obvious is when Mrs. Mallard says that "she loved her husband but most often not"(Chopin, 194). The reason I think that sentence is important is because alot of times women who are in an abusive relationship think that the man does'nt really mean to do the mean things and that they are truly sorry, but we know better, often if you ask a women if she loves the man that beats her she will say yes. The sentence that sticks out to me the most is when Mrs. Mallard says, "Free! Body and soul free" (Chopin, 194). That does not sound like a person that is sad about her husbands death, it sounds like she thinks the abuse is over and she can start over. Also, when the story starts it talks about Mrs. Mallards heart trouble and it leaves it up to you to interpret it. Heart trouble can be interpreted many ways: old age, sickness or maybe its a bad relationship that makes her sad. Overall I liked the story and thought the irony was that she got the bad news that her husband was dead when the whole time she was getting ready to die herself.