Short Story Study Questions

"The Story of An Hour" Kate Chopins

1. Mrs.Mallard married her husband because in the 1800's the women were rarely divorced. If they even ever consider it they could have a punishment with the law enforcement. However, Mrs. Mallard married her husband because at the time she was in love but now lost it.



2.Life for Mrs.Mallard at home was significantly unstable because when she found out that her husband supposbly passed in a tragedy, she felt freedom and happiness.



3.Mr. Mallard was important to his community because of his name being the first on his list. Because of his standing in the community, this could possibly be the reason why Mrs.Mallard married him.



4. I believe Brently Mallard mistreated his wife because when he passed allthough she was devistated she realized that she felt freedom and joyfulness towards the end.



5. Half of it was her own fault because she did not express her feelings to her husband because she was not in love with him.



6. These two words meant that she did have a separate room from her husband. Her husband and her did sleep apart because of how separate they were in their marrage.



7. It did affect her because when he passed she was completly devistated.



8. It did because she went through something similar in her previous times.