In the story of an hour, Kate Chopin described Mrs. Mallard situation in many ways. They were so many emotions at once that she couldn’t just say them. A lot of allegory, irony, symbolism were used in this story.
Mrs. Mallard has so many emotions she couldn’t plain say them. Her emotions are many before and after the “death” of her husband. When Mrs. Mallard died after seeing her husband alive the doctor said it was death of joy, or was it really? After hearing about her husband’s death she felt free for the first time in years in that moment. Irony was one of the main literary terms besides symbolism and allegory. The independence she thought she got was like an illusion. Symbolism, I think, is the main literary term used. In so many ways she expressed her situation and emotions. When she first hears about her husband she is shocked. Shocked because she is feels liberated from her marriage. She goes to her room and gazes out her bedroom window. She was thinking, imagining her new life. The author described Mrs. Mallard’s feeling very ironic. From the beginning to the end of the story. Readers won’t first comprehend it just like the characters didn’t really comprehend Mrs. Mallard’s
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When she was in her room majority of symbolism was used. When she received the news she was stunned and wanted to be alone to process it. She just could not believe it after all the time she had been with her husband. As she was in her room seating on her chair she gazed out the bedroom window. It was spring time, flowers were blooming, birds were chirping and the sun was high in the sky. That meant that she felt reborn, in other words, a new life without a husband who was a dictator in her life. She was laying down looking like a child who cried herself to sleep but is was just the shock. The coming spring and summer days days were now hers. The heart trouble she had symbolized the pain, stress and depression she had been