Irony And Symbolism In Kate Chopin's The Story Of An Hour

The Story of an Hour shows an obvious theme, situational irony and symbolism. It all starts when Josephine and Richard tell Louise that her husband has passed away in a terrible train accident, Richard claims to have waited to confirm the death of his friend with a second telegram. Then at the end of the story Bentley is alive and Louise is the one who has passed on. The open window in Louise’s room symbolizes her new freedom after finding out that her husband is gone. When she is told of her husbands death she reacts frightened and sad but as she begins to realize the opportunities of her husband being dead she feels some joy. We begin to think that she may have had a tuff relationship since she now feels free. The story teaches us that