Roman fever
...ment that a young woman had “a calm face whose lines bespoke repression”. It is believed that happiness can help people to get over illness and strengthen the age. On the contrary, all unhappiness, dismalness and sadness in life which became a burden made her sickness more serious. Moreover, Mrs. Mallard had noone to confide in so she was more and more repressed. As a result of that, when she was informed about her husband’s death, after the “storm of grief” spent, she thought about the freedom immediately. It must have been her desire for a long time but how can she got it in the society that women were locked into marriages? She represented all the woman in her time but she “did not hear the story as many women have heard the same”. Unlike the other women who accepted the situation of being controlled by their husband, Mrs. Mallard recognized her oppression from the society that the male dominated. But it was not until her husband died that the dream of freedom which seemed to be fabulous in such society came true. After that she was referred to Louise, her first name, which was very interesting At that moment, she was overwhelmed with freedom, thinking of her freedom today and tomorrow, building her future ahead. She saw “all quiver with the new spring life”, ”patches of blue sky” and heard “countless sparrows were twittering”. As for her now, these normal thing became beautiful, she repeated three times “Free! Free! Free!”. All showed that she was very excited, “her pulse beat fast”, which was too dangerous for a sufferer from heart disease. However, she was still alive while she had a heart attack when she saw her husband return safe and sound. Consequently, she died because of disappointment at seeing her husb...