Mallard entered her room, are quite shocking. The typical expectation of Mrs. Mallard would be of a weeping woman filled with distress and grief, yet instead she serenely sits down: "There stood, facing an open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair." This is the first signal of the unusual behavior she begins to exhibit. The word “comfortable” that is used to describe the armchair is disturbing because it is most commonly used in referring to something pleasant. A newly widowed woman would most likely not look upon a chair as comfortable, shortly after receiving the dreadful information. As she is resting upon the armchair, she suddenly begins examining the nature outside the window: "The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." All these descriptions are beautiful symbolisms of
Mallard entered her room, are quite shocking. The typical expectation of Mrs. Mallard would be of a weeping woman filled with distress and grief, yet instead she serenely sits down: "There stood, facing an open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair." This is the first signal of the unusual behavior she begins to exhibit. The word “comfortable” that is used to describe the armchair is disturbing because it is most commonly used in referring to something pleasant. A newly widowed woman would most likely not look upon a chair as comfortable, shortly after receiving the dreadful information. As she is resting upon the armchair, she suddenly begins examining the nature outside the window: "The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." All these descriptions are beautiful symbolisms of