Instead, she uses psychological realism. She writes to show the characters feelings and perceptions. She used this technique to show the woman’s feelings towards her husband. An example in the story of how she is happy her husband is dead is “ There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.” This is showing how the women believes she will be happier now that her husband is gone. While the author does not directly state this, it is implied all throughout the
Instead, she uses psychological realism. She writes to show the characters feelings and perceptions. She used this technique to show the woman’s feelings towards her husband. An example in the story of how she is happy her husband is dead is “ There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.” This is showing how the women believes she will be happier now that her husband is gone. While the author does not directly state this, it is implied all throughout the