Summary of the short story ‘The Story of an Hour’
Louise Mallard has the most sudden shock of her life, when her sister Josephine and
Josephine’s husband Richard broke the news of Louise’s husband Brently’s death to her.
Louise Mallard’s husband was believed to have died in a tragic train accident. Louise
Mallard suffers from a very serious heart condition, and because of this her sister
Josephine had to deliever the news to her as gently as possible. Upon hearing the news of
her husband’s passing, Louise decides to lock away herself in a room to cope with the
death of her husband. Instead this only gave a sense of freedom as she was feeling
suffocated in her marriage. She felt as though she was free from the constraints of her
husband. Her sister Josephine begged and pleaded with her to open the door until she
finally co-operated and opened the door. Louise embraced her sister and they went
downstairs to meet Josephine’s husband Richard. When they arrived at the bottom of the
stairs, Louise’s husband Brently came storming through the door unaware of any accident
that had taken place. Richard being aware of Louise’s heart condition, tried to stand in
front of Brently to prevent her from seeing him, However it was already to late, as Louise
had already seen him and she screamed and fell to the ground and died. The Doctors were
called in to examine the body but she was declared to have died from heart disease as her
heart could not handle the sudden Joy f having Brently back.
Theme
The theme I selected was “The Inherent Oppressiveness of Marriage.”
Louise Mallard has the most sudden shock of her life, when her sister Josephine and
Josephine’s husband Richard broke the news of Louise’s husband Brently’s death to her.
Louise Mallard’s husband was believed to have died in a tragic train accident. Louise
Mallard suffers from a very serious heart condition, and because of this her sister
Josephine had to deliever the news to her as gently as possible. Upon hearing the news of
her husband’s passing, Louise decides to lock away herself in a room to cope with the
death of her husband. Instead this only gave a sense of freedom as she was feeling
suffocated in her marriage. She felt as though she was free from the constraints of her
husband. Her sister Josephine begged and pleaded with her to open the door until she
finally co-operated and opened the door. Louise embraced her sister and they went
downstairs to meet Josephine’s husband Richard. When they arrived at the bottom of the
stairs, Louise’s husband Brently came storming through the door unaware of any accident
that had taken place. Richard being aware of Louise’s heart condition, tried to stand in
front of Brently to prevent her from seeing him, However it was already to late, as Louise
had already seen him and she screamed and fell to the ground and died. The Doctors were
called in to examine the body but she was declared to have died from heart disease as her
heart could not handle the sudden Joy f having Brently back.
Theme
The theme I selected was “The Inherent Oppressiveness of Marriage.”
