Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" illuminates how one person can see beyond the lairs of repression that build up during their life. The protagonist of Kate's "The Story of an Hour", Mrs. Mallard, represses the essence of her being until she thinks that her husband is dead. Thinking him gone they, the feelings inside of her, are finally able to come out. Yet, just as in all situations there is a cost that must be paid for this freedom.
Like many people, Mrs. Mallard was always without the feeling of freedom. Marring young, she had gone from under the wing of her father into the "tender hand…
