Mallard is not well and has a heart condition. (Chopin 2015) After the reader is hit with that bullet of bad news we then learn that Mrs. Mallard’s husband was on the list of men killed in the railroad disaster. We are told that her sister, Josephine would be the one to tell her “in broken sentences” and “Veiled hints” because of Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition. When Mrs. Mallard receives the news that her husband has passed instead of being numb to the news she immediately starts sobbing and runs to her room. Mrs. Mallard can see the “tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.” And “the delicious breath of rain was in the air” (Chopin 205) those two quotes seem to symbolize a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard, foreshadowing her reaction of being relived that he husband is dead. She whispered, “Free, Free, Free!!” under her breath (Chopin 206) resembling her new freedom of being a widow. Just like in “The Lottery” when Mrs. Hutchinson came late to the lottery and was nonchalant, acting as though she didn’t have a care in the world, she even told Mr. Summers, the organizer of the lottery, “Wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink, now, would you, Joe?” (Jackson 418) as though her being late to the lottery was some sort of joke, she didn’t care to be there or even show any respect. Once she drew the unlucky paper with the black smudge, symbolizing that she was the one to be stoned to death, her attitude sure did change. Mrs. Hutchinson was screaming, “This isn’t fair!” She went from a carefree attitude and arriving to the lottery late to screaming the lottery wasn’t fair. Her lack of respect and dignity for the traditional event perhaps had caused her win the lottery. Even Mrs. Hutchinson’s husband showed to whole crowd the slip of paper with the black mark indicating Mrs. Hutchinson had won the lottery. (Jackson
Mallard is not well and has a heart condition. (Chopin 2015) After the reader is hit with that bullet of bad news we then learn that Mrs. Mallard’s husband was on the list of men killed in the railroad disaster. We are told that her sister, Josephine would be the one to tell her “in broken sentences” and “Veiled hints” because of Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition. When Mrs. Mallard receives the news that her husband has passed instead of being numb to the news she immediately starts sobbing and runs to her room. Mrs. Mallard can see the “tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.” And “the delicious breath of rain was in the air” (Chopin 205) those two quotes seem to symbolize a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard, foreshadowing her reaction of being relived that he husband is dead. She whispered, “Free, Free, Free!!” under her breath (Chopin 206) resembling her new freedom of being a widow. Just like in “The Lottery” when Mrs. Hutchinson came late to the lottery and was nonchalant, acting as though she didn’t have a care in the world, she even told Mr. Summers, the organizer of the lottery, “Wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink, now, would you, Joe?” (Jackson 418) as though her being late to the lottery was some sort of joke, she didn’t care to be there or even show any respect. Once she drew the unlucky paper with the black smudge, symbolizing that she was the one to be stoned to death, her attitude sure did change. Mrs. Hutchinson was screaming, “This isn’t fair!” She went from a carefree attitude and arriving to the lottery late to screaming the lottery wasn’t fair. Her lack of respect and dignity for the traditional event perhaps had caused her win the lottery. Even Mrs. Hutchinson’s husband showed to whole crowd the slip of paper with the black mark indicating Mrs. Hutchinson had won the lottery. (Jackson