Mrs. Mallard Final Draft

Mrs. Mallard: The Wretched Wife In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard lost her husband, but the real story is about her terrible reaction. ”Free, free, free!” she yelled, as she disregarded her husband’s death and looked forward to the rest of her life. Her selfishness was repulsive for she never even thought of Brently, only all the things she would do that she never could in this marriage. The worst part had yet to come. When it turned out Mr. Mallard had never died, and he walked through the door, Mrs. Mallard did the unexpected. Mrs. Mallard, although a little teary eyed, was overjoyed about living the rest of her life. “Mrs. Mallard opened and spread her arms to the future, the future.” She was in no way lamenting his death, but enjoying the time she would have because of it. As Josephine, her sister asked her to come out of the room. “She was too busy thinking of all those days she had ahead of her.” Her life would finally be would finally be worth living. Mrs. Mallard’s happiness was one thing, but her selfishness to the deceased Mr. Mallard was appalling. “She did not stop to think that this joy was unkind to her husband. There was no time to think of him; it was time to think of her.” As she looked ahead in her life, Mr. Mallard’s death was still irrelevant, and she was still not touched or bereaved about his death. In fact, she couldn’t wait to get her life started. It was untimely and unexpected for Mr. Mallard to come back and show that he was not dead. It was already known that Mrs. Mallard suffered from heart trouble, but nobody knew she would react like this. “When the doctors came they said she had died of a heart attack- of joy that kills.” As soon as her “dead” husband walked through the door, she was so shocked and disappointed that her poor, twisted heart gave out. As for Mr. Mallard, he had been happy to see his wife, but unfortunately, he lost the woman he loved. To sum everything up, it is obvious to see how erroneous and careless Mrs. Mallard was to her husband. She didn’t care of her husband’s demise, only for the life she would be having and the dreams she would be fulfilling. It was even more disheartening to see the selfishness and mercenary in her. She didn’t even care about his death! As it says in the story, there was only time to think of her. Finally, the worst part of all: Mrs. Louise Mallard’s death. The trauma and agony of seeing her husband was too much for her to bear.