The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin did a great job with writing "The Story of An Hour", even though the story was relatively short, she was able to use imagery sucessfully to get her point across. I believe the story rejects the "postures of femininity", the reasoning behind my statement is that Mrs.Mallard is relieved to find out that her husband has died. In paragraph ten " she said it over and over under her breath:"Free,free,free". It's as if a big burden has been lifted off of her. As she was standing by the window she say the clouds open up and blue skies appearing. Normal people who are in a commited and loving relationship won't react like that if there spouse died. One could even argue that she may have been trying to get a divorce but back in 1894 women didn't have rights like they do today, so by her passing away she was able to be out of the marraige.