The Story of an Hour

In paragraph 5 of The Story of an Hour, I believe the focus of the external images is to the readers Mrs. Mallard's calmness. As the story continues into paragraph 7, Mrs. Mallard continues to let her body and mind escape reality. I believe this is what Chopin means by "suspension of intelligent thought." She isn't thinking hard about anything but rather letting her mind be free. I think a situation opposite of this would be in paragraph 8. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know: it was too subtle and elusive to name." (Chopin) In those sentances, it seems that Mrs. Mallard's mind is no longer free, but now she is searching for an answer. She's confused, and therefore, her mind has not been "suspended of intelligent thought." My favorite paragraph in The Story of an Hour was paragraph 19. "Her fancy was running riots along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own." (Chopin) These few sentences were the ones that made me realize how happy she was to finally be alone. It was almost as if she felt a new found freedom that she had never felt before.