The Story of an Hour

In the short story, The Story of an Hour, it kept me in suspense till the end. The main idea that the author is trying to portray is how marriage was in the 1800’s. Mrs. Mallard is the main character of the short story and her feelings through it have a good connotation. She expresses herself as free soul because her husband passed away and now she has no one to control her. Basically throughout the short story Mrs. Mallard is happy and free while everyone thinks she is going through a rough time.
In the beginning of the story, the author starts to name out all the characters that are in the story. She explains that Mrs. Mallard’s husband’s friend, Richard, is at her house to make sure the telegram was sent correctly and that her husband did die. The author starts to explain the setting of the room that Mrs. Mallard was in and how she feels good vibes. Later on, Mrs. Mallard’s sister knocks on the door thinking that she was grieving over her husband or simply going crazy because of what happened. But in reality, she’s happy that her husband passed away. She said to herself that she’s “free, free, free!” and that she’s a free soul. Later on in the story, after thinking that her husband is dead, her husband walks in the door and states he wasn’t anywhere near the accident. After immediately seeing him, she dies of a heart attack. Knowing that she was a free soul for awhile.
The author, Kate Chopin, wrote this short story to communicate to the public how marriage was in the 1800’s. I think it was to express how women felt back in those days and to show that they had a rough time with their husbands. The author probably felt this way and to express herself she wrote a short story, and to show the setting how of women felt when they didn’t have a husband during that time period