"The Story of An Hour"

 

In "The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the author tried to show how deep the feelings of people could be illustrated be words. The feelings were described so in details and smoothly. I especially liked when she described by saying, “Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.” One can realize how well it is possible to illustrate the situation by simple words.

Nevertheless, I think that the most interesting and sad part of the story was the conclusion, where the author makes the reader think and guess about the end of the story. One can believe that she died of the stress of hearing that her husband passed away. Others may think that she died of seeing her husband alive, so that sadness and sudden happiness may have made her heard bet faster and which then led to death.

However, one may also think that she died because she became too sad to see her husband alive because as the author described in the story, “… she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not.” Later the author continues describing by Mrs. Mallard’s words, "Free! Body and soul free!” This also could mean that she was so happy to hear that her husband died and that now her body and soul is free. One may think that since she was young and since she didn’t love her husband so much, she might have become so happy to hear such news. But when she saw her husband alive, it could have affect heart beat and led her to the death.