How Does Kate Chopin Use Feminism In The Story Of An Hour

In the short story “The Story of a Hour” written by Kate Chopin, it is written about Mrs. Mallard not knowing her husband Brently Mallard was killed in a railroad disaster. Her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richard were trying to tell her the most understanding way about his death. Knowing she has heart trouble, so they had to be very careful. They were able to let her know but soon everything turns into a plot twist because she discovers her husband was not killed in the railroad disaster because he has just walked into their home. Chopin used various ways to view feminist criticism in the short story.
One way Chopin used feminist criticism to write “The Story of a Hour” is that in marriage women are viewed as property. They are restricted to numerous conditions. It made Mrs. Mallard physically and emotionally unstable. She was very fragile with the fact knowing she was a widow. “There would be no one to live for during those coming years.” She looked for future years to live for but now she was living for herself. She was alone and not wanting anyone to go after her so she could get the feeling that she was alone from now on.
In the story it states “She could see in the open square before her house the tops of the trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.” She soon started to realize she might enjoy life with no husband, all she could think of was her new life. She had lots of delight when she would say “free, free, free!” She would no longer have a powerful person telling her what she was limited to. She concluded that she still had a life to live even though the one she wanted to live long with was no longer alive. Which showed the strentgh in