Foreshadowing In The Story Of An Hour

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The Story of an Hour Death opens its mouth to consume a husband and fights to take the wife in this bitter sweet story of a woman caught in a loveless marriage. Mrs. Mallard hears the details slightly, in small elements, from her sister trying to relieve her of any more grief than necessary. Worrying about her heart condition and trying to save her sister’s life during this tragic time, Josephine chooses her words wisely and slowly to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Josephine and others have seen the illusion of love as she tries to spare her poor sister any more sorrow. The theme of this story screams of bereavement. Was there a death? Is Mrs. Mallard (Louise) going to die? The plot thickens with each paragraph as to what…show more content…
9). By the description it sounds like death: subtle, elusive, feeling it, seeing its color, reaching toward her. She fights it with all her might, all the while saying the same word over and over; “free, free.” Is she calling for death to free her? If so then why is she fighting it so hard? Here is where the story begins to take a different twist. She is free from tending to her husband’s commands, no one to put demands upon her again. Now she can live the life she always wanted. She isn’t free because she’s looking forward to her own demise; she is free of her husband. There was no love here. She felt the loss, but, “the face that had never looked save with love upon her,” (par 13.) would not be…show more content…
All things are not as they seem and for Louise, the end came suddenly and without warning. The promise of long life was taken away by “someone opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his gripsack and umbrella” (par.21). The news of his death was far from true. He wasn’t died, nor injured, nor incapacitated, in anyway. He entered the house and entered her world once again. Just a few hours ago she was told of his demise and now he is here, standing alive and well in front of
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