Monday, February 4, 2008

"The Story of an Hour" conflicts

After reading " The story of an Hour" I see the different Conflicts Mrs. Mallard has. The first is Human vs. Human, Mrs. Mallard had to have some sort of conflicting feelings toward her husband. Yes she does weep at the sound of her husbands death but she also feels the freedom to come in the future. The conflict of Human vs Nature is when she retreats back to her room and and sits by the window feeling sad she is overcome by the peace of nature of the air. She sees patches of blue sky and hears the twittering of birds. With the peacefullnes of the outside it causes Mrs. Mallard to get over her mourning and see the future of freedom. Finally with the conflict of Human vs. Self I feel that after the mourning of her husband she did feel guilty of her sudden sense of freedom but was able to leave the room and carry herself unwittingly like a goddess of victory (paragraph 20) because she knew that she would weep again of his death.

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