An Hour Response

As the title of the story says "The Story of an Hour" is a short story that happens within one hour, Mrs. Louise Mallard, the main character has a heart condition everyone she knows tiptoes around her when it comes to telling her news. So when her sister Josephine and family friend Richards discovers that Mr. Brently Mallard got killed in an accident, they take time to say to Mrs. Mallard that her husband is dead gently. Mrs. Mallard cried her eyes out while she locks herself in her room, while the sister waits by the door worried about her heart and tries to get in. Inside her room, thinks about her future and a weight is lifted off her shoulders she feels relieved almost happy. Even though she loved her husband and she is saddened by his death, she feels free for the first time. She looks forward to the days ahead instead of regretting them. Finally, Mrs. Mallard comes out of her room, she and her sister start to go downstairs. Suddenly her not so dead husband Mr. Mallard walks in the front door, unaware of whats going on. When Mrs. Mallard sees her husband, She is so shocked her heart cant handle it and dies. Although this story had many themes, I feel like this story
Mrs. Mallard had less than an hour to process the news that her husband has died. In this time, she rushes through her grief and starts to "dream" of what life by herself will be like. It makes you wonder what their marriage was like, was Mrs. Mallard that unhappy.In less than an hour, she has gotten used to the idea of a whole new future for herself, and it made her happy even though she loved her husband she finally felt free– a fate Mrs. Mallard is excited about, instead of a prospect that she dreads. But going downstairs and seeing her husband alive walking into the house proves her wrong and blows up that new dream of