Mrs Mallard Character Analysis

Characters make up a big part of a story, being able to connect with a character and being able to watch them change. The main characters are what really keeps the story moving. One character that undergoes a pretty be change is Mrs. Mallard from "The Story of an Hour" written by Chopin. Mrs. Mallard mentions a bit of her past, goes through a dramatic issue when her husband was announced dead, and finally has a realization for a new life. In the past, Mrs. Mallard was a submissive wife. From what I read I understood that she seemed to have always done right by her husband. "And yet she had loved him--- sometimes. Often she had not." Reading quote gives the reader some thought into how her relationship was while her husband was alive and well. it gives off this setting that her her marriage was not completely bad but in a way, she felt trapped. Probably because in that time the husband wore the pants and most times women could not give their opinion.
Whether it is from family divorce, heartbreak, or a death. For Mrs. Mallard, it was the moment that she received the news of her husband's death. She went into a long griefing processes when she locked herself in her room looking out a window was when her mind started to change. "free, free, free!" Mrs.Mallard whispered as her griefing was coming to an end. With that, it shows a door opening to a new life. Finally, the big change. For Mrs. Mallard, it did not last long with her sudden death, but she did have an awakening. Once the grieving process was coming to an end and she realized that she was free more like "Body and soul free.". She was obviously read to become a new person and she was ready to take it head-on. like the story mentioned, "There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of