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When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--- of joy that kills. Mrs. Mallard had been in a state of decay as long as she could remember and for a brief moment she was free. The feelings I got when this woman starts to whisper “I’m free over and over”. It tells me she was not happy with her marriage and she was like a trapped bird in a cage. With him finally dead, she wished for a long life instead of a short one. Yet, all of that came to a crashing halt to soon, as soon as he walking through the door of the house. Her heart felt freedom was taken and just like that the bird was thrown back in its cage. Not being able to take this new found containment the heart simply wither and died under its new
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