Mrs. Mallard's Grieving

In this story, it begins with a woman who is suffering from heart trouble and her family does not know if she can handle the news of an accident that has taken her husband. I feel that this story is relatable to many people in that giving bad news to loved ones can be very hard and stressful like a Doctor telling the family of the passing of their loved one ( Naik, 2013 ). In her grieving, she felt a sense that she had not felt before. She was also having to deal with a worried family member that was hurting for her and concerned about her because of her condition. This is also relatable as family members tend to grieve for us instead of with us as this can cause problems for them as well like sleeping problems ( Tanimukai & Adachi & Hirai &
In this story, Mrs. Mallard must now deal with the news of the passing of her husband. As I am sure that many women and men have had to deal with the news of the loss of a spouse. She seemed to want to shut down on her own and be alone as most would I assume. However, the need for grieving is different in all of us. She chooses to do this alone without anyone else. She chose to look out the window in her room to view out into the unknown. In doing so I think she was looking for answers in distance. I feel that the author was using the window as a metaphor for seeing what lay ahead of her in the unknown. As she begins to realize that she is now free, free from everything, to do as she pleases without judgment and ridicule from her husband and everyone else. This is something that I feel a lot of people deal with when they change who they are for what everyone else feels they should be. The story is a bit vague about why she would feel free after her husband passed but, none the less she does. As she pulls herself together and realizes that she is going to be ok, she must still deal with her sister that is begging her to not grieve alone. In my opinion, this is something that we must deal with in all the tragedy of this life we all live in. We