Character Analysis Of Mrs. Mallard In The Story Of An Hour

In the beginning of “The Story of an Hour”, grief overwhelms Mrs. Mallard because of the loss of her husband. This makes Mrs. Mallard seem emotionally weak. It makes women appear to be emotionally weaker than men. It would be normal for her to be upset with the death of her husband, but the story has two people telling her the bad news, her sister and her husband’s friend. Mrs. Mallard also has problems with her heart which show her to be a weaker person from the start. Mrs. Mallard is immediately shown to be the obviously weaker character. - Plagiarized

Mrs. Mallard is also shown as a weaker individual when she goes to her room alone to continue her grief. She goes into her room and it talks about her physical exhaustion