The Mallard's house, the area where the entire action of the story takes place, is extremely significant in understanding the subtleties of the plot and character. The house is two stories tall, with two main rooms shown in detail: the front parlor, which is downstairs, and Louise's bedroom, upstairs. The two floors are considerably different, both in the mood and in the emotions brought out in each one. It is in the parlor that Louise first hears of her husband's death and later eventually discovers that he lives. Yet she achieves true enlightenment and compassion upstairs, in her bedroom. The particular level of the house that Louise is in conveys certain emotions and reveals two different views of her character. Downstairs she is a good wife, mourning the loss of her husband at first and later swooning from what the doctors believe to be "j

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