“The Story of An Hour” has an unforgettable ending. It is when Mrs. Mallard's death contributes to the author’s point about the lack of freedom that a woman experience.
EXPLANATION:
“The Story of An Hour” is Kate Chopin’s work which has a classic fake-out ending. It is when Mrs. Mallard thinks that Mr. Mallard was already death yet he ends up alive. It means a loss to Mrs. Mallard. On the other hand, Mrs. Mallard is the one who dies in the story because of the “joy” she feels when she realizes that her husband, actually, hadn’t died. It is such a cruel twist of fate, surely. Mrs. Mallard’s happiness, thinking that her husband already died, yet it is the opposite, kills herself.
As a wife, Mrs. Mallard experiences a lack of freedom. She wants freedom for herself, yet because she marries Mr. Mallard, she is unable to become free. During her marriage, she is never free. Thus, when she hears about her husband’s death, deep in her heart, she is happy. She thinks that she will become free. It is also the reason why she doesn’t cry when she knows that her husband dies.
She thought of all the hours that would now be hers alone. She no longer had to obey her husband because now, she is finally free. Yet, when her husband arrives, she knows that her freedom has been ripped away. At that moment, she wasn’t a free woman. She is still a wife to Mr. Mallard and still forced to obey her husband. Thus, Mrs. Mallard dies because of her shock, knowing that she might never get freedom.
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KEYWORDS: Mrs. Mallard, The Story of An Hour, The Story of An Hour ending, woman lack of freedom
Subject: English
Class: 10-12
Sub-chapter: Literature
