In the story ?The Story of an Hour? written by Kate Chopin took my attention from the moment I finished the first sentence to the end of the story. During the first few paragraphs I thought that Mrs. Mallard was very depressed and saddened from hearing about her husband death. Of course as soon as she whispers the words ?free, free, free!? I know that she feels happy about her husband?s death. I become …showed first 75 words of 522 total…

…showed last 75 words of 522 total…is actually alive? Regardless of your feelings for the news, it's going to affect you tremendously. Unfortunately, Louise?s heart could not handle the shock. I think that it was very ironic for to use the word joy in the last sentence of this story, because it was actually joy that she felt when she realized her husband was dead, and pain so great that killed her when she saw him walk through the door.