Eveline, is also the protagonist in, "The Story of An Hour." Mrs. Mallard is round and developing. The reader is aware of her appearance and actions. She develops quickly as well. Through third person, direct presentation, one notices that after Mrs. Mallard has learned her husband died she "wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment. (Chopin)" It didn't seem like too much time had passed when all of a sudden she was breathing, "free, free, free" and was feeling, "a monstrous joy. (Chopin)" Ironically, as suddenly as she felt this freedom, she just as quickly "die[s] of heart disease – of a joy t
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