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Monday, June 23, 2014
Choices, choices, choices...
For this installment I would love for you to read the short story from your packet entitled "The Story of an Hour". It's quick and, if you lost it, it's all over the internet. Read it and, without looking up sources to see what others think, give your impression of the protagonist in no less than 150 well chosen, gem-like words.
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Mrs. Mallard was a confused women who truly cared for her husband, but she longed for freedom and Independence. You can gather this by her reaction when she finds out from her sister, Josephine, about her husbands death. She is first hurt by the news of her husbands death. She goes into another room and tries to process everything, then she starts to realize that she is free from him and from every man. She realizes that she can be her own person and do what ever she pleases. You can tell she truly wanted to be free because when she saw her husband she collapsed. The doctors claimed, " She died of a heart disease of the joy that kills." I presume she really died from heartbreak. The choices that she had been making her whole life had been heavily influenced by her husband, but when she heard of his death, she realized that her choices would be hers alone. She is heartbroken after all, when she finds out freedom is not to be.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mrs. Mallard wept for the death of her husband for more than grief. She first grieved her husband, then she began to look to the future. "She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed gray and dead." She knew that she would cry at the viewing and at the funeral. She saw the years of being alone to come. But she also saw these years to come as hers to claim as her own. "There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself." She wept for these years both with tears of sadness and joy. She also was happy to be no longer bound by the ties of marriage. She wished to live for herself and no one else. When her husband had walked through the door she had a heart attack because she realized that she would not indeed have those long years to come that were to be hers. Everyone thought she had been so overjoyed at the sight of her husband whom she had thought dead that she had a heart attack. In the end, she did die of grief, but not for her husband's death.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard was a woman who had never thought about life without her husband. She adored him and truly loved her husband but also wanted to be free. When she was told that her husband had perished from an accident, it really hit her hard. She went to the other room and was trying to process what she was just told. When something good and hopeful came over her, she could now be free like she had wanted. When she came out the shock of finding out and seeing her husband not dead was a lot on her heart not only mentally but physically she ended up dying from heart disease because of the shock of seeing her husband and not being free like she really wanted.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mrs. Mallard was a soft hearted individual who cared more about others than she did about herself. She seems to be the type of person who is used to being cared for. The "lines" that "bespoke repression" tells me that she is the type of person that tends to keep things bottled up inside but the "strength" that she has allows her to keep these feelings from showing. In my opinion Mrs. Mallard was committed to her husband but at the same time she was not fully devoted to him. She loved her husband even if it was not "all the time" that she loved him. Mrs. Mallard cared enough about her husband to grieve over his death. My belief is that the joy that held her was her own independence that she felt she needed. She needed to be "free" to be herself. As much as she wanted her husband back, seeing her husband alive meant that she would no longer have the freedom she thought she deserved. Thus, seeing her husband alive she died to protect that freedom.
ReplyDeleteThe protagonist (Mrs. Mallard) was the average house wife of over twenty years. After so long of being married, she likely began to see herself as being in a metaphorical cage. There were many things that a single woman could do that she could not. This is an inside view of something that I would assume would be seen as selfish and therefore kept secret. She lost the person that controlled part of a large what she did, so I can only imagine that she would eventually begin to feel free. I believe the reason that she died was probably of shock because she had just mourned the lost of the person she loved more than any other, came to terms with his death, and then found out that it was a mistake. She was likely swimming with both emotions: Happiness that her husband was alive, and sadness that her freedom was gone. (with the happiness being dominant) Either way, it was the shock that caused her death.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard was at first overwhelmed with sadness when she learned of her husbands death but when she thought over it she realized that him dying was what she needed. She was finally free to be her own person without her husband. She did not have to answer to anyone any longer and that was probably the best thing that had ever happened to her. When she saw her husband walk through the front door she died because she was being locked back up again.
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ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard was a very fragile woman. When she first heard of her husband’s death, she wept and went to be alone in her room. As she was sitting there grieving her husband, she started realizing that although she was sad for her husband’s passing, she would soon have a future that was free of limits previously given by her husband. Mrs. Mallard was dreaming all of these big new plans and was overtaken by her newfound joy while still mourning the loss of her husband. However, when she saw that her husband was actually alive, she saw all of her new dreams being taken away. I believe Mrs. Mallard suffered so many losses that day that she died from heartbreak. First, she lost her husband. Then, when her husband returned alive, she lost her dreams. She had already invested her new happiness in her dreams in order to take that pain away from the false death of her husband. When those were taken away, she felt as if she had nothing left and died.
ReplyDeleteWhen Mrs. Mallard finds out that her husband had died, she wept at first, just as any woman would have. After she thought about the situation, she felt better overall as she realized she would no longer be living an oppressed life under the limitations of her marriage to Brently Mallard. Mrs. Mallard felt better because she felt she would have a better future without her husband, although his loss was hard for her, she was happy in her heart. Her "heart condition" seemed to magically disappear as she was filled with joy about her new found freedom. When Brently walked through the door, she knew she would just be put right back under those limitations of her marriage. Her heart was broken as the life she had suddenly found was quickly taken away. Robbed of her joy the pain was too great to bare. This realization took too great a toll on her and she died from being overwhelmed with all of the events that day.
ReplyDeleteUpon finding out about her husband's death, Mrs. Mallard burst into tears of grief. After this she went off into her room alone and sat down in thought. Mrs. Mallard had been married and probably did not take in account the freedom she would lose when losing her individual status. The story said she was young so she possibly had not gotten the chance to live the life she may have wanted. so when she sat in her chair she all of a sudden felt a rush of excitement that she had a chance to start over and be free again. When she came downstairs to find her husband alive she died of heart disease. This was probably from shock because she had just accepted the fact that she had lost her husband and started her new life. In my opinion, I think she jumped the gun too quick and she should have felt guilty that she just blew off her husband's death so easily. She must not have really loved him.
ReplyDeleteThe protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, is a women who in few hours upon discovering that her husband was killed in a horrific railroad disaster was very distraught. She just sat in her room for days thinking about how could she ever live without her husband and how abandoned she felt. I think she must have felt like Bella Swan in the movie New Moon when Edward Cullen left her, because she also sat in her room and stared out the window for a long time. After awhile Mrs. Mallard began to dream about how good her life could be now without her husband, she would finally have freedom. Then when her husband returned and was obviously not dead she soon passed out. Soon it was revealed that she died of heart disease which I think was caused by heartbreak. She did not really care for her husband very much or she could not have had those thoughts about having more freedom.
ReplyDeleteProtagonist, Mrs. Mallard, just finds out her husband died. She feels what ever other newly made widow would feel; sorrow, loss, abandonment, and confusion. After learning the news, she locks herself inside her room to try and make sense of the whole ordeal. Then it comes to her. She’s free. No longer is she trapped in the confines of a marriage with someone she loved sometimes. This revelation brings the utmost excitement to a once oppressed soul. However, due of her heart condition, Mrs. Mallard couldn’t handle the joy of freedom and died. Then in walked the dead widow's husband, alive and well. You can really tell that Mrs. Mallard mourned for her husband, but you have to think. She got married young. Maybe she was pushed into getting married, but wanted other things in life. She longed for a different life, and when the opportunity came, it was too much to bear.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard has just found out her husband has died and she begins to widow. She starts to cry because she may not have loved him but she has been with him for a very long time. She then starts to think about what is to come after her husbands death and becomes overjoyed due to the fact that she is free. She can make her own decisions and do what she wants to and not what her husband tells her to do. When her husband walks in alive and well she has passes out and dies because of the shock. All of her dreams just went out the window when he walked back in and she could not live like she did any longer.
ReplyDeleteThe Protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, a widow with heart troubles. Her sister was the one that broke the news about her husbands death. Then she mourned in her sisters arms she felt that she did nit lover her husband like she should had loved him. After she went away into her room alone. She stared out the window from a large comfortable chair. As she was in her room she began to think about what had just happened to her. Then she realizes that she is now free from marriage and she can do anything she wants to do. As she runs out of her bedroom door she grabs her sister and goes down the staircase. as they get to the bottom the door opens from outside. Her husband walks in. Later the doctors say that she died from her heart troubles.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell from the story that Mrs. Mallard is a woman eho yearns for independence. She has been married for so long that she has forgotten what it feels like to be free of someone. After her husband's "death", I think Mrs. Mallard felt a little bit lost. Not only has she been with this same man for quite some time now, but he was with her through everythimg she did right beside her. Now, he is gone. As Mrs. Mallard starts to realize she really is alone, she starts to weep. But I do not brlieve it was all because of the loss of her husbsnd. I think she was crying partially because she lost him, but also because she can finally be herself. The chain of marriage no longer holds her down. She would now be able to live for herself rather than anyone else. And that makes me feel like she was crying tears of joy. I do believe that Mrs. Mallard truly did love her husband, but at the same time she wanted him gone so she could have the freedom she thinks she deserves. When she found out that her husband had not been dead, I think that is the main reason she died herself. She realized that the freedom she wanted could no longer be obtained. It was given and taken away all in the same day and I think the shock of that along with her heart problems is the reason she died.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard is a women who is very independent but is under an invisible bondage due to her husband. She has dreams of being free, to do whatever she wants, but he husband is in the way. When her sister breaks the most terrible news of the accident, Mrs. Mallard is heartbroken. Her husband has died and like any normal, kindhearted person she begins to weep. Once she realizes now that he is dead she is free she becomes overwhelmed with the joy of her freedom. She can now fulfill these dreams and aspirations she has been held back from doing all these years. I do believe that Mrs. Mallard loved her husband, but she just wanted to live for herself instead of living for her husband all the time. Then as she saw her husband, who was believed to be dead, she was once again heartbroken because all the freedom she had just dreamed about was not real. Her husband was not gone so she got her hopes up way to high. Mrs. Mallard died and I believe she died because she had been heartbroken one to many times.
ReplyDeleteMrs.Mallard left many impressions on me throughout the story. At the beginning of the story, she seemed heart broken at the loss of her husband. But as the story progressed, you find out that she is happy because of his death. When you find out she is happy because of his death, she starts to describe him as domineering and very overbearing. I get the impression that she must have been a strong woman, to put up with such a husband as Mr.Mallard is made out to be. Then Mrs.Mallard says that he loved her, and ,at times, she loved him. That makes me think that she might have been very selfish woman, who did not appreciate the things her husband did for her. Near the end of the story, Mrs.Mallard also seemed very bitter while describing her life with her husband. This makes me believe she was not exaggerating his behavior.
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ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard was a woman whose heart trouble was not only physical, but emotional as well. She was naturally sad when she heard her husband died, and there would be a time to grieve. But she slowly began to realize that she was no longer bound to anyone. She had complete control, and no one held any power over her anymore. I believe she did love her husband, even though she described him as overbearing. She must have been an independent woman in her younger days. She didn't even recognize that free feeling in her at first because it had been dead for so long. Mrs. Mallard didn't die for from the joy of seeing that her husband was actually alive. She died after realizing this freedom that she had been yearning for so long had been taken away from her just as quickly as it had come. Her heart couldn't take it again.
ReplyDeleteOnce you've had the same surroundings and routines for so long, it's hard to change. Mrs. Mallard was stuck. She had been going through the same thing every day for countless years and although she may have wanted to leave, she was confined to her current life by her husband. Everyone has their way of grieving and she decided to look at the bright side of the situation. She had been use to her husband always being there so it would take some getting use to his absence, but she knew she could do it. Her mourning would not last long. She knew she had much brighter days to look forward to. Mrs. Mallard knew she did not need a man to make her happy. Being independent would make her happy. She would not have to worry about anyone but herself. The thought of change and independence put a little meaning back in her life and a pep in her step. Just moments after she came to peace with the idea of her husband passing and her life taking a drastic change, her dream world was crushed. She died with so much disappointment in her heart.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard is a person of many chances. When she finds out that her husband has died, she locks herself in a room and takes it in. She is free. While in that room, she prayed that life might be long. The irony of the story is really amazing. Even though she dies in the end, she truly got what she wanted and more. The doctors said that she had died of the joy that kills. seeing her husband alive took away the greiving and, in a way that she would not have imagined, gave her long life. She was happy at first realizing she was free from her husband, but I think it was more of a cover up to shadow the fear she might have had of her heart disease. When she sees him, the relief is so great that she dies. The real fear it seems was dying of the heart disease without her loved one being there with her.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard is the type of women who has always pictured herself living and walking beside her husband. When she finds out that he has "died" she loses herself. She locks herself in a room and cries. I think her biggest fear is facing her heart disease all by herself. She finally realizes that she will be fine without Mr. Mallard. She walks out of her room with her sister and walks down the stairs. At the bottom of the staircase her husband is waiting for her with the door wide open. Mr. Mallard was the reason why she died.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard is a young woman who has recently found out her husband was killed in an accident. She locked herself away and mourned over her husbands death for awhile. Soon realizing that her husbands death was a good thing for her, she rejoiced. Knowing she was free from the bondage and responsibilities of marriage, she repeatedly rejoiced. Once she realized that her husband was, in fact, not dead, she let out a cry. A cry of disappointment. A cry, of her knowing that she was going back to the same way she was before. Realizing this, she collapsed and died. The doctors came back with the report that she died from "a heart disease--of the joy that kills". I personally do not think she was joyful about the returning of her husband. I believe that she was heartbroken and died from the heart break of knowing she was no longer free from him.
ReplyDeleteIn my understanding of Mrs. Mallard, she was the girl that fell in love and got married at a very early age without going out into the world to find herself first. She had never known the life of being able to make her own choices because she went straight from her parents rules to having a husband with rules as well. When she was told of her husbands death, she was upset just as everyone who lost someone they had spent most of their life with would be. As the time went on, she realized that because of her husbands death, she could go out into the world and do as she pleased without having to ask for permission. This idea excited her. When she had processed all of the information, she became overjoyed and went to join the other family members. With the idea of freedom running through her mind, the shock of her husband being alive made her heart stop from a combination of disappointment, happiness, and her already troubled heart. She was not wrong for the happiness that she felt. Everyone needs to have time to find out what makes them happy without always having to satisfy others.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard was a broken woman. Broken by life, her husband, or both I do not know, but her heart was diseased both literally and emotionally. When she was greeted with the news of her husband’s death, she reacted differently from others; with sudden grief and tears. The grief and tears were gone nearly as soon as they arrived and she became overwhelmed with the sense of freedom her husband had taken away. Her heart was ecstatic with the idea of having herself alone to deal with and look after for the rest of her life, a life she now prayed would be long. She walked proudly through the house until the front door swung open and there stood her husband, alive. When she saw him, her heart could take no more. The roller coaster of emotions her heart had been on was over now. He had murdered her joy and freedom once more, and killed her in the process.
ReplyDeleteMrs.Mallard to me was a woman who had been cooped up her whole life married and playing housewife. It seemed like she never got a chance to enjoy a day out alone or go exploring. More than likely she was stuck in a house all day cooking and cleaning ,and when she found out her husband had died she realized she could finally do whatever she wanted. So when he walked through that door reality crushed her...literally.
ReplyDeleteMy perception of Mrs. Mallard is that she has been wrapped up in her husband's needs and wants for so long and supporting him. That Mrs. Mallard had not been truly living her life. She never had the privlege to pursue her hopes and dreams. The thought of no longer living through her husband and pleasing him constantly gave her a sense of fulfillment and freeness that Mrs. Mallard had been seeking her whole life. Trying so hard to find in her marriage those very feelings. Instead she was given false hope in her life. Mr.Mallard had not died, and walked through the door without a scratch. This literally killed her, she was so close to finally living her life for her and it was all ripped right out of her hands just as quickly as it was placed in them.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mrs. Mallard was a loving wife who put her husband's needs before her own quite often. When she found out he had died, she was heartbroken from the loss of the man that had loved her and been with her through everything. However, when she realized that his death meant that she could live her life for herself instead of only for her husband, she was overcome with joy. She knew there would be times where she would grieve again, but she was so wrapped up in the fact that she could be free and happy without having to always comply with her husband’s wishes that she did not care. When Mrs. Mallard walked down the stairs and saw her husband, her heart was broken once again. The freedom she had just received was taken away. She did not die from "the joy that kills," but from having something she wanted so desperately taken away so quickly.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard seemed like a wife that was faithful but not fully committed to spending out the rest of her days with her husband. She seemed to still be young and wanted to live more instead of being at home with her husband all the time. You can tell that she loved him because she wept as she first got the news of his death. After that passed, she came to the realization that she was free to live her life as she pleased. She could go out and live a carefree life and live to the fullest extent. Before her husband died, she was hoping for a short life. After he supposedly died, she wanted a long a fruitful life. It obviously did not last long as she died from heart failure as soon as he entered the door. As I said, I do not think she loved her husband with all her heart and was not fully committed to him.
ReplyDeleteI believe Mrs. Mallard was a wife that was loving, but was too involved with her husband's needs that she forgot to live her own life. She was sad initially after his death because it says she cried over the news, but she soon after she realized that her husband's death would open a new opportunity for her to enjoy her own life. She seemed ecstatic to have free reign over her life. She no longer had to look after someone or think of anyone except for herself, but then her husband turns up and walks through the door. She is then sent into a fatal heart attack. After her husband had returned into her life she was no longer free, this caused her to go into such a fit, she died. I do believe she loved her husband very much, but the reality that she would be shackled down to domestic duties of being a wife was too much for her.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard was a very strange woman. Upon learning of her husbands death, she becomes very upset and distraught. After such a tragedy she has no idea what to live for. She seems to have had a healthy relationship with her husband since she wants to be alone and cry. After a while by herself she realizes that she is free, which is not something you should feel after losing your partner. Before losing her husband, Mrs. Mallard most likely lived to please Mr. Mallard while not thinking of her own desires. Although she loved her husband, she loved her newly found opportunities even more. I believe that Mrs. Mallard was not ready to get married when she wed. She should have lived for herself for a while before settling down with someone who's death was not quite as troubling as it should have been.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard has just found out her husband has died and so then she becomes a widow. She starts to cry because she feared she may not have truly loved him, but she has been with him for a long time. She then starts to think about what is going to happen after she had lost her husband and becomes somewhat joyful due to the fact that she is free. She can make her own decisions and do whatever she wants to and not do everything her husband use to tell her to do. When her husband walks in alive and well she faints and passes away due to shock. All of her dreams were crushed as he stepped foot in the door, she couldn't take living under strict rules, & being told what to do any longer.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Mrs. Mallard loved her husband and most of the time put his needs first which made her miss out on living her own life. When she was informed about her husband's 'death', she was upset and started crying. She now does not know what to live for. After spending some time alone, Mrs. Mallard starts to realize that she can is free and can do anything she wanted. She feels really happy because she no longer had to look after someone and could go and do as she pleases. Surprisingly, her husband comes walking through the door. She goes into such a shock that she has a heart attack and ends up dying. Once he came back, she knew she would no longer be free and would have to start taking care of him again and she did not want to do that.
ReplyDeleteMy impression of Mrs. Mallard was that she was very realistic, understanding, but also a bit foolish. At the news of her husbands death she realized the possibility and accepted it. She seemed foolish to me because she accepted this tragic news without any investigation. She begin to grieve in a way that I perceive to be a normal way of grieving. I do not know why, but even though the story describes her as being young, I still get the impression that she is older than “young.” Finally, the fact that she just accepts her husband's death adds to her reaction when he walks into the house. Perhaps if she had done some asking before she accepted this idea, then she would have embraced her husband instead of fainting. Overall I found Mrs. Mallard to be a character similar to what I would describe myself to be, realistic, understanding, but more inquisitive than she is.
ReplyDeleteIn the Story of an Hour, the protagonist gave me the impression that she had never thought of what her life could have been before she got married. When Mrs.Mallard, the protagonist, was first told about her husbands death, she was shocked but after she began to think of her life as being free to do whatever she wanted. Mrs.Mallard was now joyful and looking forward to living the rest of her life. There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of victory. When Mrs.Mallard came out of her room and down the stairs, she seen her husband a little travel stained, carrying his grip-sack and a umbrella. He had been far from the sene of the accident. Mrs.Mallard was shocked and let out a piercing scream. I believe she died of a broken heart because her dreams of being free were crushed.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard gives me the impression as being a young, pretty, housewife. She experiences heartbreak to the extreme when she is informed of her husband's death. She does not know what to do other than to cry. She then accepts the fact that her husband is dead and that life must go on. She notices the peddler down below, the wind blowing the leaves, and the birds. All of this reminds me of a breath of fresh air. She realizes that things are not near as bad as they seem and that she is going to be able to enjoy the rest of her life. Mrs. Mallard gives me the impression as a woman who married young to an older man, only to be controlled. I believe Mrs. Mallard was forced to abandon her hopes and dreams in order to support her husband as a house wife. The news of her husband's death gives her a sense of release from her captivity as a house wife. Sadly, the realization of her husband not being dead brings her back into the pit of depression. This sudden downfall back into the reality of being a housewife simply kills her. I believe the story of Mrs. Mallard describes what many women have gone through and may even be going through today.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mallard is a young lady that has a heart condition. Her husband is working out on the railroads when her sister and husbands best friend break the news to her. The tell her that he was killed and wouldn't be coming back She goes into grieving like any wife would, and during this she cry's so much that she reaches a point of calmness. When she says "Free, Free, Free" she has given over to the sadness and knows that she is alone. That scares her and she doesn't know what to do but she try's to calm herself. When she finally goes down stairs she sees her husband waiting for her. She gets so happy that her heart cant take anymore and she dies in front of him. I believe that all the emotions running through her from sadness to happiness is what killed her. She was so shocked the her husband was alive that he just died.
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