As I started reading the story, “ The Story of an Hour”, I had one thing in mind- this is going to be another tragic heartbreak story. Well, was I wrong. As I read on, things truly unveiled and a question popped up in my head. “Are married couples really happy?” . Well, lets twist things up. We know how Mrs. Mallard felt about the relationship but lets say hypothetically if the story continued would Mr. Mallard feel the blue’s or in reality would he have felt the same way as Mrs. Mallard did. We would never know, but nonetheless, I see, as an American, I feel I meet more and more people whose parents are divorced. Why are married couples not happy?
Mrs. Millard felt she had a fresh look in life and shows her new attitude of “out with the old and in with the new” within a matter of a hour. She prays for longer life to come but yesterday felt as life was long enough. She felt now she has a chance to be free. I feel Americans are quicker to dispose their spouses than fix things through.
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Ok--but none of this was "intentional" on Mrs. Mallard's part, right?
Try to look closely at the mental/emotional stages--the changes she goes through--and the conflicts she experiences; attend closely to how she is described throughout by the narrator, to what Mrs. Mallard thinks, observes (i.e., sees, hears, etc.), and how she behaves.
Also, see my comments on ALina's and Mike's and other's blogs.
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