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Irony And Symbolism Of Mrs. Mallard's Short Story Of An Hour

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The irony and symbolism of Mrs. Mallard losing her freedom, leads to Mrs. Mallard being grateful and ambitious of the time she had of her newfound life. In the beginning of the story, Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband’s death. Readers gather that Mrs. Mallard feels free from the stress of marriage and the constant belonging to another person, and through the heart break of losing her husband, Mrs. Mallard feels excited to have a new life. The irony of what one would think bring Mrs. Mallard sorrow, instead brings her joy, creates a symbolic gesture of what freedom and ambition truly is. The death of her husband helped her become grateful that she was now free and ambitious to start her new free life. Furthermore, the irony of Mrs. Mallard’s
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