The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin

Mrs. Mallard, a young woman, is told her husband has died in a railroad accident at work. She is sad and departs from her sisters company to be alone for a few minutes. Mrs. Mallard begins to think about her freedom without her husband, she is almost delighted at the thought of doing what she wishes as a free woman. She believes also that she never truely loved her husband. After realizing these things, she comes out from her room and as this happens Mr. Mallard walks through the opposite door, alive and unhurt. Mrs. Mallard dies of supposed shock from seeing her husband and her heart condition.

This was very ironic, and mostly sad. The story itself had situational irony, the Husband supposedly had died.. but in the end the only one who had died was Mrs. Mallard (Louise). What I thought was sad, besides thinking people had died when they had not, was that Mrs. Mallard only thought about being able to "live for herself" after she believed her husband had died. Of course, in the time period of the book it would most likely of been a norm, but I found it sad none the less. The second thing I thought was sad was that she thought she never really loved her husband. Again, different time periods have different customs, rules and such, but I always dislike hearing about unhappy relationships, especially in marriage.