Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" examines a young women by the name of Louise Mallard as she deals with the feedback of her husband Brently's death. When Louis Mallard's sister Josephine first broke the news to her, Mrs. Mallard's initial reaction was to lock herself in her room once the grief was diminished. At that moment, Mrs. Mallard gazed out her room window to observe; patches of blue sky showing through the clouds, trees, the smell of rain in the air, and the sound of sparrows in the distance. "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life" (15). Chopin uses this to show Mrs. Mallards developing mood after her husbands death. The new spring life is a foreshadow …show more content…
Mallard, for once she feels as if she is free. She instantly saw happiness with the thought of experience spring, summer and new life on her own for once. The sign came to her quietly but she came to realize that this made her feel happy. I feel that Chopin was also trying to express a social situation of the times with Mrs. Mallard as a captive of her husband. It could be interrupted that Mrs. Mallard was apart of a controlling or abusive relationship with Brently and was joyful that came to a halt. Despite what Mrs. Mallard may have wanted with her heart, soul, and mind, the marriage was forced upon her because of societies take on marriage in that era. Chopin explained that Mrs. Mallard had heart trouble early in the story, but however the so called "heart trouble" could have been created by the situation Mrs. Mallard was in. It could have been cause because she was not able to communicate with her husband, and therefore hid her emotions. However, once Mrs. Mallard felt this relief and overwhelming joy, suddenly a shock came to her. Brently had then showed up to the house, standing in the door way; it was to late. Doctors had come and claimed she died of heart disease brought on by