Character Analysis of “The Story of an Hour”

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husband’s death” (Chopin 201). Chopin’s word selection gives away how the others think of Mrs. Mallard. Not only do they think her body is in bad health, but her mental state as well. This concept goes one step further when Mrs. Mallard says, “There would be no powerful will bending her” (Chopin 202). This means Mrs. Mallard no longer has a constant oppressor on her. She can start to do things the way she likes it; not her husband’s way.

As Mrs. Mallard starts to think of life without her husband, she starts to feel confused with her own feelings. She was confused because she felt okay with her husband passing on, but knows that is not normal. When she compares herself to other widows she gets uncomfortable because other widows cried for days when their husbands passed but not Mrs. Mallard. We know this because of Mrs. Mallard's reaction to her husband's death, “she did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to ...

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