What Is Mrs Mallard's Role In The Story Of An Hour

In the eighteenth century the character of Mrs. Mallard was brought to life in the story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. She suffers heart problems and her marriage was not an ordinary one. Nonetheless, she stays with her husband. That is her role in society, being a wife. Her authentic behavior is shown to her reactions and her life suffers the constriction of societal and cultural expectations. In a way we both have been subtlety forced into undesired situations.
Mrs. Mallard genuinely feels a weight lifted off her shoulders when she is notified that her husband has passed. Inside her marriage feels there is a there is a “powerful will bending hers.” Therefore the news she is liberated from that makes her realize and she is free. Once she has wrapped her mind around this her perspective on the rest of her life changes to a joyous tone. This reaction is reasonable and genuine. Think of it like this: when a wild animal is liberated from it’s cage, at first it is timid but then it explores its outlook to his life out in the wild. This is precisely what happened to Mrs. Mallard, she considered how she would live for herself. Sadly, it all came to an end when she sees her husband, Brently Mallard. The man who has holded her back in life, has taken her life.
Mallard live in present day. Women have higher standards. There could have been ways to fixed her marital problems. She could have gone to marriage counseling or simply gotten a divorced. This did not happen because Mrs. Mallard knew that a single, diseased, unemployed woman could not make it on her own. She would have to endure the social reaction of her divorce. Culturally she would not be able to obtain a proper job to sustain herself. Being independent to her was impossible. Knowing this she remained trapped in a marriage that did not allow her self-assertion. She was not living, she was