Tone of Chopin's The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin's The Story of the Hour tells the story of one woman's reaction to her husband's supposed death. Her friends treat her as if she is very fragile and will fall apart at the news of her husband's death. However, in private, she is joyful at the opportunity to live her life without him. Her husband though, is not really dead. This realization causes her death. …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…In the end, Louise does die from finding out that her husband is alive and losing her chance at living life without him. However, she does end up truly free. The irony of this story demonstrates this. The freedom that she did not have in life, she will obtain in death. It is bittersweet that she dies so soon after realizing her joy; however, she will get what she most desires and that is uplifting.