The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

From the beginning we already know that Mrs. Mallard had heart trouble and that her sister was about to break the news to her of her husbands death. Kate Chopin was so descriptive as she described how Mrs. Mallard "sank, pressed down by physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." The physical exhaustion that haunted her body was describing Mrs. Mallards heart condition and how weak it made her. Seemed to reach into her soul was describing the pain she was already experiencing with her heart trouble and how it grasped her soul after she heard the the death of her husband. I was feeling sympathy for this woman, the pain she was going through was unbearable. As soon as she whispered "Free! Body and soul free!", I knew she has been suffering before the death of her husband and her heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard felt trapped and powerless, but with the death of her husband she was now free. As she drank the elixir of life through her opened window, Mrs Mallard was going to enjoy her spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. Before she could, the news of her husbands death were false as he walked through the door, she passed away due to the life she was looking forward on having now that she was free.