The Story of an Hour

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The Story of an Hour

• Notes

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• Mrs. Mallard has heart trouble
• Her husband has died and her sister, Josephine
  tells her. She tries to break the news to her as
  gently as possible because of her heart trouble
• Her husband has died in a railroad disaster

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• Mrs. Mallard immediately begins to weep
• After crying she goes to her room, insisting that
  she be alone
• She sits in an armchair and stares out the
  window, almost in shock

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• A feeling that she cant describe begins to come
  over her and she begins to repeat the word free
• Although she is saddened at her husbands death
  because he did love her, she begins to think that
  she is free and that the years to come belong to
  her absolutely
• She begins to feel much better at the thought of
  freedom

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• She leaves the bedroom, thrilled at the thought
  of her new freedom
• As she walks down the stairs, her husband, who
  was far away from the accident comes home
• Mrs. Mallard screams and diesof heart disease.