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Louise Mallard's Death
The doctors told that her death was because she was so happy that she died, and it is sad that they got it completely wrong. None of them truly knew what was going on in Louise Mallard’s head before her death. She was filled with excitement about life and nobody was aware of the freedom she felt. It is hard to imagine a death where nobody truly knows about how someone feels.

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