The story of an hour

A detailed Summary of The story of an hour

Kate Chopin's "The story of an hour" perceives this

seemingly normal middle-class family with an extensive

amount of colorful irony. Louise Mallard is a housewife who

tries to lead the most standard life possible with her

all-powerful husband.The many years of marriage has brought

the feeling of emptiness and vacancy into the soul of Louise

Mallard. Through her tribulations of marriage, releasing

herself and setting both her body and mind free, and the

deaths throughout the story irony encompasses and unifies

The tribulations of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard's marriage

escalated through the feeling of love. Love seemed to be no

longer a never-ending bond between the most important person

in their life, but yet a chore, something they regretfully

did everyday. "And yet she had loved him-sometimes. Often

she had not-What did it matter!"(13) When told of the news

or her husband's death, Louise Mallard reacted

free once her husband embraces her in his arms, but this

rather from the shock of her husband being alive. "Someone

joy that kills, but from the shock that kills.

Mallard felt that feeling of power finally with in her grasp

husband is actually still alive. The feeling of freedom and

many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability

never knew still existed warmed her body from head to toe.

get out of her marriage. It proves that love and marriage

Approximate Word count = 649
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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