Mallard gradually recognized the beauty and peace of springtime; blue skies, birds singing, and the scent of rain. As she was looking at the outside world, she felt a strange feeling within. Freedom. As she embraced her newfound freedom from the repression of being a wife, although she admitted that her husband “had never looked saved with love upon her” (Chopin 202), her mind turned to the many possibilities for her future now that she was no longer expected to live for someone else. Mrs. Mallard then exited the bedroom, greeted her distraught sister, and they went back downstairs. At the same time, Mr. Mallard entered the house -unharmed and oblivious to the train accident- and despite Richard’s attempt to shield him from his wife’s sight, she perished. The doctors later explained that her joy had killed her (Chopin
Mallard gradually recognized the beauty and peace of springtime; blue skies, birds singing, and the scent of rain. As she was looking at the outside world, she felt a strange feeling within. Freedom. As she embraced her newfound freedom from the repression of being a wife, although she admitted that her husband “had never looked saved with love upon her” (Chopin 202), her mind turned to the many possibilities for her future now that she was no longer expected to live for someone else. Mrs. Mallard then exited the bedroom, greeted her distraught sister, and they went back downstairs. At the same time, Mr. Mallard entered the house -unharmed and oblivious to the train accident- and despite Richard’s attempt to shield him from his wife’s sight, she perished. The doctors later explained that her joy had killed her (Chopin