An Hour Meaning
The underlying meaning
“The Story of an Hour” is about a woman who receives bad news that her husband is dead. She finds the light in this situation and seems to be coping with the news. Then her husband walks thru the door and now the tables are turned. Mrs. Mallard is now the one who is dead. This Story is not just what you see on the outside. The story must be taken apart piece by piece to find the underlying meaning. In the short story Mrs. Mallard is going through some complicated things, her husband dies and she has heart troubles. The story shows right off that Mrs. Mallards heart is going to be a main focus in this story. It is so important that it is mentioned in the first sentence of the story. The hear trouble could be a symbol …show more content…
The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The note of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering the eaves.” This is ironic because she is admiring the fresh spring life as an aftermath to her husband’s death. This contradicts the mood of the story. Then she could now be seeing a new life for herself now that her husband in no longer with her. This would make since, because as previously stated, her heart trouble could mean that she is unhappy in her life. This event of her husband dying could be opening new doors and that is why she is seeing light out of all this darkness happening around her.
Next in the story Mrs. Mallard kept whispering “Free! Body and soul free!” This is ironic as well because many people who have a loved one who is now dead feel as though part of there self has died along with that individual. That is not the case for Mrs. Mallard. She feels that she is her own new self because her husband is dead.
In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin shows that there are more things to the story. This was not a story that could be read one time. The whole topic to the story was that even when something negative comes, light at the end of the situation can always be
“The Story of an Hour” is about a woman who receives bad news that her husband is dead. She finds the light in this situation and seems to be coping with the news. Then her husband walks thru the door and now the tables are turned. Mrs. Mallard is now the one who is dead. This Story is not just what you see on the outside. The story must be taken apart piece by piece to find the underlying meaning. In the short story Mrs. Mallard is going through some complicated things, her husband dies and she has heart troubles. The story shows right off that Mrs. Mallards heart is going to be a main focus in this story. It is so important that it is mentioned in the first sentence of the story. The hear trouble could be a symbol …show more content…
The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The note of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering the eaves.” This is ironic because she is admiring the fresh spring life as an aftermath to her husband’s death. This contradicts the mood of the story. Then she could now be seeing a new life for herself now that her husband in no longer with her. This would make since, because as previously stated, her heart trouble could mean that she is unhappy in her life. This event of her husband dying could be opening new doors and that is why she is seeing light out of all this darkness happening around her.
Next in the story Mrs. Mallard kept whispering “Free! Body and soul free!” This is ironic as well because many people who have a loved one who is now dead feel as though part of there self has died along with that individual. That is not the case for Mrs. Mallard. She feels that she is her own new self because her husband is dead.
In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin shows that there are more things to the story. This was not a story that could be read one time. The whole topic to the story was that even when something negative comes, light at the end of the situation can always be