Mrs. Mallards Reflections on Life in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Ho

Anyone who receives ceremony of a loved ones death is never expected to take it lightly. In Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour, Mrs. mallard is informed of her husbands death as thinly as possible, and immediately she understands the enormous significance this loss will provoke on her life. Unlike many widows, her feelings of utter devastation do not last. Mrs. Mallards sobs of loss turn to cries of joy later on she reflects upon her own character and discovers truths about her marriage.As any woman would, Mrs. Mallard initially wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, (227) at the news of her husbands death. Her weeping almost seems forced as Mrs. Mallards authorized character is revealed later on. She is described as young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines tailored repression and even a certain strength (227). Though Mrs. Mallard is solace youthful, she has much more friendship, and personal strength than others her age possess. Her extended knowledge and experience l eads to realization of the position her husbands death has prescribe her in, and that this death might actually bett...