Joshua Blanco
2/12/2019
Eng102
The tragedy in “The Story of an Hour”
The “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, tells a short story of a heart troubled woman
named Mrs. Mallard. She is informed by her sister Josephine that Mrs. Mallard’s husband;
Brently Mallard was involved in a railroad disaster and her husband was named as one of the
many that have passed away. Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Mallards rushes upstairs sobbing into
her bedroom alone. After a brief period of sobbing, reflecting and looking at her surroundings
from her bedroom window, she starts to whisper to herself that she is free. Mrs. Mallard starts to
