Discontent In The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin

In everyone’s life there are phases that make them unhappy. In the Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin, the character can be seen to be in a phase of unhappiness. Mrs. Mallard’s, the main character of the story, husband dies and she is cheerful although guilt of the joy she feels for his death. She is free however she realized how unhappily married she was. At the end of the story her husband comes back to her alive and her freedom that she was so joyous to obtain was lost. The Story of An Hour is an example of literature of discontent because it is a story of a woman unhappy with her relationship and restrictions. Firstly, Chopin shows the discontent within Mrs. Mallard’s life throughout the story. Mallard’s discontent can be seen when Chopin