Journal Entry Yazmin Ortiz ENC1102 MWF 8 am “Freedom always prevails” While the clock stroke exactly the last second of an hour, a nocking in the door disturbed Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts. At last, she realized the cause of such disturbance was the appearance, like in a nightmare, of her husband’s figure. It was not a tricky game played by her imagination; this time reality won, but just for seconds, because Louise found freedom in death’s hands. Time has passed and marriage continues to be an unsolved interrogate. What previous generations considered of marriage has changed throughout time and has evolved by the effect of experiences, but still manages to do some havoc. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, the concept of marriage is conveyed through the ambiguous relationship between Mrs. Mallard (Louise) and Mr. Mallard (Brently). Chopin conceptualizes marriage until its harsh and incomprehensible meaning: death. The nineteenth century’s society, whose prejudices and issues Kate conveys in each of her works, enclosed women in strict and very conventional stereotypes: housewives and dedicated mothers, and never the outspoken and free of judgements creature that they …show more content…
Mallard is a difficult character whose main purpose is to show the different stages a person can experience the death of a loved one. She transits from grief to relief, from desperation to realization. “There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.” Mrs. Mallard experiences the grief that has caused her husband’s death, which has chocked her and scared her mostly because of the solitude she will experience. The capabilities of coping death varies from individual to individual. For Mrs. Mallard was like an act of God, when she looked to the patches of blue sky between the clouds realized there was still hope and that moment marked her soul’s