In the 19th century, American society was that women had few right and little power so they always desired freedom or feminism. Kate Chopin was born on February 8th, 1850 in Missouri. She is a U.S author of short stories and novels. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of the feminist author of the 20th century of Southern such as Zelda Fitzgerald. “The story of an hour” was published on April 19th, 1894 which had an original title “The dream of an hour” but it was controversial title. Then, she changed to “The story of an hour.”
The writer narrated the series of events in an hour in the house where the protagonist satisfied a desire and also ended all. It was Mrs. Mallard that she was young with a fair and calm face, was a heart trouble. She was gentle and weak appearance and physical sickness but she had the mental strength and strong desire. The way she didn’t react by hearing the news of her husband’s death as many women had heard the same. In her closed private room, she depressed her feeling and had a joy of freedom. The author wanted to show the desire of the women in the 19th century in America. They wished freedom and women’s rights. Throughout the story, Mrs. Mallard depressed her feeling, and then almost showed her real emotion after the news in her closed room. Firstly, she sobbed as a child so that people couldn’t know her real feeling.
“She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.”
The next, Chopin described Mrs. Mallard’s strange feeling which no one think of it. In the closed private room, she felt everything better looking forward a new life