Story Of An Hour Change Analysis

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is about how Louise Mallard, a sickly woman with heart problems, reacts to her husband’s unexpected death. He is presumably killed in a train accident, and one of her husband’s friends has to tell her the tragic news. Mrs. Mallard behavior is similar to the change in nature because of the change from winter to springtime, patches of blue sky, and the storm of grief. The change from winter to springtime is similar to the change in nature. Describing the scene Mrs.Mallard sees the blue sky, soft clouds, and treetops. She can smell the rainstorm coming. Chopin writes, “She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life” (283). Similar to the outdoors, she feels new life emerging in herself. She can now see a new future full of hope and new found freedom she had not had before. The patches of blue sky are also very similar to the change in nature. We assume that Mrs. Mallard is content with the …show more content…
She reacts to her husbands death the way that society would want her to. But, deep down she is happy with it even though she knows when she sees his corpse she will weep again. Describing Mrs.Mallard Chopin writes, “When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one to follow her(283). She had come to the realization that she wanted to be alone and willingly confines herself. Instead of going out, she tries to be strong and confines herself to only one room. In conclusion, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin uses several examples of imagery to show that Louise Mallards feelings and emotions are connected to weather outside. She uses it to describe the new found life that Mrs. Mallard is feeling. Even though her husband is killed in the train accident she begins to feel stronger instead of