Analysis on Chopin's " The Story of an Hour"
             A death in the family would be heartbreaking to many people. When I think of a close
             relative dying, I feel sad, just like many other people. Feeling a sense of joy or relief from death is unthinkable to me but in " The Story on an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the lead character feels this joy and relief towards her recently deceased husband. These feelings of joy and relief come from the hatred she has towards her marriage. In the late 1800's, feminism was on the rise. One of the pioneers of feminism was the author of this story. Chopin demonstrates this view of feminine independence by portraying Louise Mallard, the main character of the story, as being freed from an unwanted marriage by the death of her husband. This is displayed in her feelings revealed to us in the story of the way she views her husband and the desire for freedom.
             Brently Mallard, Louise's husband, is portrayed to be somewhat pf a bad husband by how Louise thinks of her husband in the story. Apparently, Brenty doesn't treat his wife particularly well. Louise is unhappy with her marriage and feels trapped in a lifestyle she does not want. Everyone would expect Louise to weep with agony and pain, but instead she sits calmly down: " There stood, facing an open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair." When I first read that, I thought that something was terrible wrong, since a word like comfortable was used to describe something in her supposed time of heartbreak. A newly widowed woman, today, would probably not look at a chair as comfortable right after receiving news of her husband's death. The expected reaction
             from a wife would to smash the chair into pieces. Also, sentences like: " The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her fami...