Analysis of the Story of an Hour

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Analysis of The Story of an Hour

In The Story of an Hour, the author describes how somebody can be confined easily in an unsatisfying reality just because of the domination. The main character of the story Mrs. Mallard is the type of such person. In her marriage, her husband is portrayed as a dictator. His death is a good chance for her to escape. Mrs. Mallard has health problems dealing with her heart and gets to know about her husband's death later not to be hurt.

Both the movie and the story approach the issue where struggle to search for a better life and live in a different manner. In 1880, the main woman's duty was to be a housekeeper, raise children and cook. Women were also not allowed to make the decisions or vote in democratic processes choosing the leaders. In both the story and movie, Mrs. Mallard has different wishes that she later achieves.

In the movie, Louise feels that she is living below her standards, and she is held up in marriage. In contrast to the film, the written story does not show that the woman is unhappy until her husband passes on. Then she gives out some emotion on how she feels in a struggling marriage.

In her story, Kate Chopin uses imagery and symbolism trying to describing Mrs. Mallard's response when she hears her husband is no more alive. In the movie, there is shown the way she starts crying. She shows how much pain she has gone through as Josephine tries to comfort her.

Both the movie and the story show the way women do not want to live under the men's rule. Females are held up because of the social norms of the society and they do not get the freedom they long for..Louise confesses that she loves her husband. When the husband dies even though she does not feel well about it, she sees a chance of freedom in this situation. The idea of the story is what most women undergo through when they live in a poor marriage. The story portrays how women hate when men totally dominate without considering that they both have equal rights and freedom for decision making.

The Characters of The Story of an Hour

Mrs. Louise Mallard, a mother whose husband has recently died in an accident. When she hears the news that her husband is no more alive, she gets happy inside because she gets freedom that she has been longing for so long. Mallard gets filled with a lust for life. Though she does not deny loving her husband in the past, she values her new found freedom more than husband's death.

Brently Mallard, Louise's husband, was killed in an accident on a railroad. Even though Louise recognizes Brently as a loving, kind, and caring husband, being engaged to him made him a cruel factor in their marriage.