Comparing The Autonomous Female Self And The Story Of An Hour

Mark Cunningham wrote “The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard” in response to Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”. Chopin’s short story centers around Mrs. Louise Mallard, a housewife in nineteenth-century America that has just been informed of the demise of her husband. While Mrs. Mallard mourns Mr. Mallards death, she becomes aware of her newly gained autonomy, which results in joy overcoming her. Even so, as she exits her room at the pleas of her sister, Josephine, the living Brently Mallard enters through the front door, and Mrs. Mallard falls to the floor with a cry and dies. Many critics assume that Louise perished from the shock of seeing her husband; however, Cunningham believes that she in fact did not see her