Analysis and Symoblism in The Story of an Hour Essay

In the Woods are related to each other through various similarities. Both describe a woman with despair and misery. Kate Chopin had experienced the same situation that was told in the short story. They also portray a situation that women go through and in many cases that they never get out of. Through the metaphor of color and the use of literary technique and images portrayed a sense of elation and a subtle depression. The portrait of the woman alone in the woods shows her standing their in solitude. The look in her face is of a type of contemplation. It is hard to determine whether it is a sad or happy inspiration or maybe both. Mrs. Mallard she instantly cried with sudden desertion and went off into the room all alone.†¦show more content†¦The background has areas of dark and light that may be representing a dark part of this womans life and the light area showing awakening in this womans soul. To me the woman in the painting is staring out into the world and realizing that there is so much out there for her. That she can walk out of there and not be lost any more. Mrs. Mallard felt the same way. In the room she realized that she can now live her life on her own the way she wants to. She walked out of the room with a sense of conquest and triumph. Before hearing that her husband was killed Mrs. Mallard was trapped in the life of being just a wife for the rest of her life . Now she was free of the title and could go back to living her own life. Back in the late 1900s almost all woman had felt the same way. They were almost nothing except for slaves to their own home. Even though it is over a hundred years ago the same situations still occur today. Our culture has gone very far with womans independence, but there are still many women out there who dream of getting out of the Im just a wife role that haunts them. In the end, Mrs. Mallard dies of a sudden heart attack. The freedom she was looking forward too was all instantly taken away from her with the sight of her husband. She was forced to being just Mrs. Mallard for the rest of her life and I think the idea of that is what made her die. In the portrait even though the woman