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In the short story “A Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the whole range of emotions are felt by the main charter Louise Mallard. Upon learning of her husband's death she is immediately overcome by sadness. However, once she is alone she allows herself to exp ....

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.... had escaped from her lips. She did not deliberately want it but it had come anyway. Unmistakably, a joy over took her. Not that she would not be sad again, but for now she was like a bird let out of the cage. Mrs. Mallard was a good example of Shakespeare's line “To Thine own self be true." She did not allow guilt to rear it's ugly head but instead just felt her feelings. She allowed no one to witness her self assertion. But, it was the strongest impulse of her being. As she was projecting spring and summer days to come, a feeling that her life would be her own again gave her a contentment that she had not felt in a long time. No one actual ....