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how would you describe Mrs!. Mallard in the story of an hour!? Why!?
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Was that the girl who's husband died at the end!? If so, she was depressed in the beginning and felt sort of like a caged bird!. She was always staring out of the window!. And when she was told her husband died, she was shocked/crying, but at the same time was ecstatic, because she was finally free from his rule!. And at the end she dies of a heart attack, but of the "good kind" (ie, she was so happy she had a heart attack)!.

That's how I remember it anyway!. I had to read that back in High School too!. My teacher told me this story was written way back when women didn't really have any rights, so this story sort of stirred up the people who read it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's a little hard because much is implied without being said straight out!. Read it again carefully, and try to figure out why she thinks as she does!.

How does she react at the news of her husband's death, and then at his appearance -- and why!? The last few words tell you everything!

And Lindsay makes a very important point about when the story takes place and how few rights women had!. A wife was virtually a possession of her husband!. She could do little without his permission!.

http://www!.vcu!.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Lol!. Just read that book
Didn't really get it DDxWww@QuestionHome@Com