Mrs Mallard Character Traits

“Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin was set in the Victorian Era and told the story of a woman who, in one hour, faced the lows and highs and lows of life. In the beginning, Mrs. Mallard was gently informed by her sister and a friend, that her husband was killed in a train accident, and she was devastated. The author wrote, “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.” So we can clearly see that the news of his death truly upset her. After Mrs. Mallard went alone to her room and sat staring out the window, a feeling of freedom started to come over her, and she realized that it was not completely bad that her husband was dead. The texts says, “But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that

Mallard. One character trait that Mrs. Mallard had was gladness. This is indirect characterization and was identified in her thoughts. She was glad because the author wrote, “... she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!” This shows that she was relieved and happy that she was able to be free. Another trait Mrs. Mallard had was bossiness. This character trait was a part of her speech that the author revealed indirectly. Mrs. Mallard was generally a bossy person because the text says, “ ‘Go away. I am not making myself ill.’” This is when she was telling her sister to leave her alone and shows that she is a bossy person. Kate Chopin indirectly revealed that Mrs. Mallard was a lonely person through her actions. This is accurate because the story says, “... she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.” This shows that when her husband died, she felt extremely lonely, but she also could have felt that way even when Brently Mallard was around because it says, “And yet she had loved him -- sometimes,” proving that she also felt lonely when Brently was around. All in all, Kate Chopin showed that Mrs. Mallard had many character traits through her thoughts, speech, actions, looks, and relationships she