The Delicious Breath Of Rain Was In The Air Analysis

This is a story about the secret, repressed desires of women for individuality and freedom.

Mrs. Mallard was a women in the late 1800's. She did not have control of her own life. So when her husband died she was happy to be free. For example, she noticed something changed in her life and it was different , " The delicious breath of rain was in the air." (paragraph 4) This shows that she was relived to learn that her husband was dead so she could live a free life and be her own person. This also shows how she see's her husband's death as something that will make her life better because Mrs. Mallard thinks she will live a free and different life than she was living with her husband.

Furthermore, at the end of the story it shows how she wanted to be free that the result was that she died. She had an unexpected reaction to her husband being alive. For example, Mrs. Mallard started whispering, "Free! Body and soul free!" (paragraph 15) This shows that she wanted to be free and have individuality so much that she did not think so much about her husband's death, but how much she wanted to have a new life of being an individual.
Mallard just wanted to be an individual and a free women. She did not care so much about her husband, however, she did care about how her life was going to change for the better when she thought her husband was dead. Mrs. Mallard just wanted to be a person who had her own choices to make and become a individual who is a free