"The Story of an Hour" was a rather short story, but I actually had to read it a couple of times to get a better understanding of the story. I was a little confused at first about what Mrs. Mallard was expressing after the death of her husband.
I believe the meaning of paragraph 5 was that even though she just lost her husband, she was very quickly able to enjoy and notice the pleasent things in life. "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life." (Choplin, 1984) That sentence I believe was a sign of what she thought was going to be a fresh start.
"It was not a glance of refection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought."(Choplin, 1984) This sentence I believe is saying that she is not so much thinking of him while in a daze. She was actually thinking pretty clearly and pondering a selfish thought. I say selfish not in a bad way, just that she now could think about herself and her freedom.
From this point on she knew she was going to live for herself. Even though the man she was married to and "loved sometimes" just passed away, these were pretty immediate thoughts for her.
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