"The Story of an Hour" summay, analysis, and commentary

"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin is a fictional short story, assumingly set in the late 19th century. Before the plot, it is mentioned that the main character, Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition and is frail and weak. Upon receiving news of her husband's death in a fatal accident from her husband's friend Richards, Mrs. Mallard grieves in her sister's arms overcome with sorrow and shock. Following her initial reaction, she retreats …

…by Kate Chopin. The story represents a time in which woman were expected to be very different than they are today as wives, and allows the reader to travel through time into an age where women were oppressed and in love at the same time on a regular basis. It's illustrations of the springtime happenings below the window are also very picturesque to imagine, and the descriptions of the character s were just as colorful.