Frederich Nietzsche's Story Of An Hour

"Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”(Proverbs 31:10-12 KJV Bible Gateway) Before we had an education system and printing press to dictate what is respectable via self-help books, what is right and what is wrong, all questions of moral and value were based upon one book; the bible! After Frederich Nietzsche claimed that “God is dead”, most of society today see the bible as some type of children’s fairytale book. But fairytales were created to teach children as well as adults how to become respectable human beings in society. Three of the stories written by American

Let us take a deeper look at each of the female’s situation to determine if this argument stands valid.

In “The Story of An Hour,” the female lead character is a respectable woman. This story is about Mrs. Mallard and is told from a third person limited omniscient perspective. Usually stories told in this way gives the reader the inner thoughts and workings of the main character, and this story doesn’t fall too far off from that idea. Mrs. Mallard displayed deep thoughts of being trapped. Upon hearing the news of her husband’s death she exclaimed, “free, free, free!” This quote is very important because not only was this a pivotal turn in the story plot, but most importantly these words are a direct quote from Mrs. Mallard herself. When the reading the story one would think that a married woman is a loving woman and she would be devastated that her husband died.

Mrs. Baroda was a happily married woman but just because a woman is married does not mean that the only thing on their mind is their husband. Females are human! However, even though she thought about promiscuity, she did not act upon it, which makes her a respectable woman. One of her husband’s friends stayed over at their home with them and she could not help the fact that he was so interesting. There was just this puzzlement about him and she could not help but to remain “piqued” at him (Chopin 120). Mrs. Baroda attempted to find a reason as to why he was the way that he was and that feeling was actually a bit of a turn on for her. She began to grow urges and they became stronger and stronger but she remained strong enough to resist them (Chopin 122). She knew that if she were to act upon her urges she would lose her title as a respectable woman. All human beings have thoughts about touching another human physically because it is a natural thing. Mrs. Baroda, a married woman, maintained her feelings and did not commit adultery and for that she is a respectable woman. How one speaks is very important because language is the key to any relationship (Malin 126). By telling her husband of her adulterous thoughts, she maintained her integrity along with the trust in her marriage. It is possible, however, that she could have sought out physical contact with a man that was not her husband and