After researching the life of Kate Chopin, her works do not seem so strange, in comparison with her life and grief. Seemingly death and isolation fuel her writings and her disgust for contemporary society. Though she was born in 1850 into an upper-middle class family, they were Irish1. Being an Irish immigrant was the worst Ethnicity during the middle and late nineteenth century in America. This period was full of hatred towards the Irish always being depicted as thieves and scoundrels. This hate escalated to the "Molly McGuire" murders and the hanging of over one dozen innocent Irish immigrants. Furthermore, death plagued Kate Chopin throughout her whole life. At the

As the story progresses the irony and it's purpose increases. We get a mixed message from Chopin, in that once Mrs. Mallard has this intervention she can not sustain her life. Thus we are left with the ambiguous question, what causes Mrs. Mallard's death? To be honest, I am not quite sure myself. However, Chopin hints that "freedom" of mind and body is more valuable than life itself. Therefore, she implies that after this intervention by Mrs. Mallard, that going back to the confines of marriage would be killing the life and heart of Louise, thus death is the only solution and of course the "heart condition" foreshadowing an impending death.

After she learns of her husband's "death" she no longer is confined. As she ponders this idea, she releases all the stress and emotions that had been building up during the years of marriage. It is overwhelming, yet as she describes it, "her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.5" She mumbles "free, free, free5" uncontrollably as the feeling of freedom takes over her body.

This new "freedom" of Mrs. Mallard, likely is the same Kate Chopin felt after the death of her husband. Her experience with marriage seemingly is very similar to Mrs. Mallard's, as the role of "wife" was fine for Chopin until her husband pasted away. After several years, Chopin finally started to express her feelings through writing and wishes other women should learn of the "evils" of marriage. Thus I can conclude, at some point Chopin had a similar experience to Mrs. Mallard's and thus she modeled this story partly after her life and marriage. To

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