Death of Mrs. Mallard

Causes of Mrs. mallards Death After reading Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour, readers are left in wonder as to what ultimately resulted in the stopping point of Mrs. Louise Mallard. While the very end suggests heart disease as the culprit, further analyzation of the story points towards a few other, deeper and slightly more than complex instances. The first thing we learn about Mrs. Mallard is that she has heart trouble. This heart trouble turns is both mental and physical and is both within her personify and the relationship with her husband, Brently Mallard. Her heart trouble is what makes the announcement of Brentlys death so threatening to her.Someone that has a weak heart would not be able to locoweed very well with such brisks. Therefore, the fact that Mrs. Mallard has heart problems proves to be a significant cause of her death. Another contri saveing factor in Mrs. Mallards death may have been the reporting of her husbands death. Mrs. Mallards sister, Josephine, announ ces that Brently was killed in a train accident. Mrs. Mallards reaction is not the same as a normal womans would be with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Instead, she weeps immediately, afterwards past(a) to her own room. The news of Brentlys death reveals to Mrs.Mallard her freedom from the oppression she probably experienced while married to Brently. The good intentions of Josephine might be another cause of Mrs. Mallards death. Josephine is the person who informs Louise of the bad news. Josephine tells Louise in broken sentences. Later, after Louise retires to her room, it is Josephine who is trying to check up on her, interrupting Louises realization and enjoyment of her newly found freedom. Together, they go downstairs, to Brentlys unexpected light and Louises death. The fact that Mrs. Mallard has heart trouble has an effect on the way that others have to comprehend her.Josephines awareness of her sisters condition may have caused her to try and be as gent le as possible when informing Mrs. Mallard, but still contributed to breaking her unintentionally anyways. The emotional rollercoaster that Mrs. Mallard is thrown on is probably one of the bigger factors in her death. The news of her husbands death is the first big drop on the ride. It is a huge shock to Mrs. Mallard. She grieves, but then retires to her room alone where she goes into deep thought. This is where she discovers that she is a free frame and soul from marriage and her husband. Her newly found independence is forbidden to her initially.She tries hard to fight joy that came with her realization because she feels guilty. Then, she begins to embrace it. She is elated and exits her room with a new perspective on the matter. She comes downstairs to the return of her very not dead husband and is again shocked and faced with another huge drop. These high ups and pitiful downs are emotionally tiring to Mrs. Mallard. They are not any help to the fact that she has a weak heart. The biggest cause of Mrs. Mallards death is when Brently returns. She has already come to terms with Brentlys death and is looking positively towards her new future as a free woman.She finds joy in this and Brentlys return rips her freedom away from her, resulting in her death from not joy itself, but rather the loss of joy from losing the freedom she was so fond of. There were more causes that went into Mrs. Louise Mallards death. Her heart condition, the news of her husband, Brently Mallards, death, her sisters good intentions, the emotional rollercoaster, and her sudden loss of freedom all add up against Mrs. Mallard. In the end, Mrs. Mallard wasnt strong enough to handle all of these ups and downs.