Questions over "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
...lming after being so blissfully happy about his death that it was too much and gave her a heart attack. 5. I believe she shut the door so that her sister couldn’t see the pain that no one knew she endured. She then opened the window to let herself be free to the world. When her soul was released from the clutches of her husbands controlling spirit, she felt free and let herself be shown to her sister in her new free form. 7. Mrs. Mallard feels victorious in the way that she finally feels like she conquered her fears. She beat the person holding her back. She was finally free to live her own life. 8. Most people think of a heart attack as a horrible thing. In this case, Mrs. Mallard is happy that she had a heart attack and died. She thought she was free from Mr. Mallard’s controlling ways and when she found out she wasn’t, she had a heart attack and died which made her free from him again. 9. This vie...