I think the reason Kate Chopin’s reason for writing this story was to make the reader understand what it's like losing a loved one in a tragic accident, and the conflicts that come along with it. Like for example on the second paragraph it says “she did not hear the same story as many women have heard the same” i think that means there was some rumours going around and the story of her husband's death wasn't exactly being told right. I guess they had to tell Ms Mallard a different way about her husband's death because she had heart problems and they did not want her to get even more sick. Kate then goes on to explain the aftermath of being told the horrible news. She explains all the exact feelings and pain ms mallard feels. She actually explains in great detail, as if she knew what it's like. It can also be a personal conflict she's been through, or someone she knows
The first advance plot of the story is when josephine, Mrs Mallard’s sister …show more content…
She then starts experiencing night terrors, i'd assume her depression might have caused her trouble in her sleep and thus lead to her having night terrors or sleep paralysis. In the third paragraph the author implies this when in the first sentence she says, “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.” she could not see it but she could definitely feel it's presence. After this, the story takes places some time after her husband died. It then explains how she spends her days locked in her room thinking, looking out the window. Her sister was worried about her and would advice she take better care of herself or she’d make herself ill. Since that's all she ever did, josephine was ready to tak mrs mallard out one day. As they both went down the stairs richard heard his wife's piercing cry but he wasn't fast enough. So when the doctors came they told him that she died of