Hour of a Story, an interpretation of the short story-Story of an Hour

Hour of a Story When people with a low need for cognition read The Story of an Hour, they may think that Mrs. Mallard's death was the result of a heart condition in correlation with a sudden surprise of her living husband. I believe that a heart condition is not completely to blame, as Mrs. Mallard was beginning to visualize and enjoy a future of free life without the governing hands of her husband. The …

…is back from the grave to surprise her. It was as if she was being enslaved, and the taste of freedom, even for a second, was too good, and she could not go back to her slaved life. It was the compilation of all these things that collided at one heart-stopping moment that killed Mrs. Mallard. For Mrs. Mallard, it was not the beginning of a wonderful life, but the last hour of her story.