A Story Of An Hour: Feelings

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was like a bird
let out of the cage.
Mrs. Mallard was a good example of Shakespeare's line “To Thine own self
be true." She did not allow guilt to rear it's ugly head but instead just felt
her feelings. She allowed no one to witness her self assertion. But, it was
the strongest impulse of her being.
As she was projecting spring and summer days to come, a feeling that her
life would be her own again gave her a contentment that she had not felt in a
long time. No one actually knew what Mrs. Mallard had experienced behind her
closed door. Although, the human heart was meant to deal with that much pain,
joy and disappointment in one day never mind one hour. To her sister
(Josephine) it would appear that she died of joy when she saw her spouse was not
dead. The truth was buried with Louise. Tragically, what seemed to be great
joy was a grief felt for her freedom that had been so short lived.
Concluding, the roller coaster of emotions was to extreme for Louises'
fragile heart to ...

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