The story of an hour

1. What is the nature of Mrs. Mallard's "heart trouble," and why would the author mention it in the first paragraph? Is there any way in which this might be considered symbolic or ironic?
      -I think the author mentioned that Mallard had a heart trouble because in the story the author starts by saying that her sister Josephine had to tell Mallard's wife with little clues so that she starts to be aware of whats going to happen to her husband, and I also think that the author started by saying that Mallard had a heart trouble to open suspense, and make the readers interested on whats going to happen next.

2. The setting of the story is very limited; it is confined largely to a room, a staircase, and a front door. How does this limitation help to express the themes of the story?
     -The limitation of the story helps Predict the theme of the story because at the beggining the author mentions that Mallard's died from a heart attack because if the impression, she thought that his husband died and she was feeling reliefed because throughout the marriage whe didnt had any chance of freedom and she thought that after his husband's death she was going to be free, I think that the theme of the story is freedom because of what I mentioned before

3. In what ways is this passage significant? "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." What kinds of sensory images does this passage contain, and what senses does it address? What does the vision through the open window mean to her? Where else does she taste, smell, or touch something intangible in the story?
   -I think this passage illustrates the picture of her being sad and motionless inside her house staring at the window because she was shocked of what Josephine told her, that His husband was dead.

4. What kind of relationships do the Mallards have? Is Brently Mallard unkind to Louise Mallard, or is there some other reason for her saying "free, free, free!" when she hears of his death? How does she feel about him?
In the story the author says that Mallard was crying and tgat was shocked of the bad news, its obvious because louis was his husband, but she suddently started thinking about whats going to haooen next, thats why she mentions "free, free, free", because she knew that after Louise's death, she was going to be free and do whatever she wanted.

5. Mrs. Mallard closes the door to her room so that her sister Josephine cannot get in, yet she leaves the window open. Why does Chopin make a point of telling the reader this? How might this relate to the idea of being "free" and to the implicit idea that she is somehow imprisoned? Do other words in the story relate to this idea?

6. What does Josephine represent in the story? What does Richards represent?
  -I think Josephine represents that 

7. Mrs. Mallard is described as descending the stairs "like a goddess of Victory." In what ways does she feel herself victorious? 

8. The last line of the story is this: "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-of joy that kills." In what ways is this an ironic statement? What is gained by having the doctors make such a statement rather than putting it in the mouths of Josephine or Richards? 

9. What view of marriage does the story present? The story was published in 1894; does it only represent attitudes toward marriage in the nineteenth century, or could it equally apply to attitudes about marriage today? 

10. If this is, in some sense, a story about a symbolic journey, where does Mrs. Mallard "travel"?