"The Story of an Hour"

In the short story, "Story of an hour," Chopin describes the view from Mrs. Mallards bedroom window. She talks about "the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new life of spring." (pg.193, p.5) Even though this paragraph doesn't necessarily move the story along I think it plays a very important part of this well written story. As Mrs. Mallard is standing there looking out her window after hearing the unexpected news of her husbands death we, as the reader, can picture exactly what she seeing and only imagine what she must be thinking. When you think of this beautiful picture I feel that in someway it represents her new life without her husband as being as new as spring. Like in the beginning of spring when everything is in bloom and changes from dull to bright. This is when she feels somewhat empowering to be on her own and not have her husband, and she develops a sense of freedom for whatever reason Chopin does not let us know.
I feel that paragraph 13 is of huge significance to the story. When she writes, "she knew she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands... But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come.... and she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome," once again describes how she welcomes the years to come without her husband and is ready unknowing what is about to happen. In irony it is her when she sees her husbands face who will be lying there dead.