A Synopsis of “The Story of an Hour”
...re she sits, in a roomy armchair, staring out the window on the world outside. The weather is winter like, but spring seems to be not far away. As she gazes upon the open square below, she begins to realize that she is free from all the constraints marriage has placed on her. Of course she loved her husband, and certainly she will cry again at the site of him in a casket, but her body and soul are now free to live out the rest of her days in whatever manner she sees fit. Her sister is just outside the room, pleading with her through the keyhole in the door, to be let in before Louise makes herself sick with grief. But Josephine does not realize that her sister is doing the exact opposite; she is now praying for a long life, when just the day before she was terrified of what a long life would mean to her. As she opens the door to appease her sister, she is now carrying herself proudly, with a twinkle of triumph in her eyes. Louise and Josephine, arm in arm, desc...