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“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” By Michel de Montaigne. This quote is explaining the idea of belonging to oneself and no one else. This is the same as being independent. Just like the fictional short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (1894). Within the time span of one hour, Louise Mallard changes drastically. Louise is afflicted with heart trouble and had to be told gently about dreadful news. Mrs. Mallard is informed that her husband died. As soon as she heard this information, Louise began to grieve. However, this did not last very long. Mrs. Mallard the locked herself in her room and faced an open window. Staring out the window made her think further more about the situation she was currently …show more content…

An analysis of dynamic character like Louise Mallard, (the protagonist) of “The Story of an Hour”, illustrates a central theme of the story, independence is sometimes a prohibited satisfaction we behold within all of …show more content…

Since Louise is afflicted with heart trouble, her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards told her this news about Brently (her husband) very gently. Supposedly, he died in a railroad disaster. Once hearing this news, Louise could not bear it. She began to change her mood very quickly. “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.” (3). Louise rapidly started to show signs of depression. She was overwhelmed with this disastrous news. So she had to go somewhere else on her own to process it. “When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.” (3). Louise locked herself in her room to be away from everyone else and reality. A person can only grieve so much. Facing an open window, Louise had a roomy armchair in her room. “Into this she sank, pressed down by physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.” (4). All of the feelings Louise had kept inside of her, made her exhausted. Louise sat alone, staring out of the

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