Kate Chopin: The Story of an Hour

Author Kate Chopin, reeled me back in time, it's 1894 and i'm reading "The story of an Hour". The story clearly expresses the Freedom of a trapped wife in the late 1800's. Was Ms. Mallard free? Was she expressing eternal freedom without her husband or freedom as a widowed woman? Chopin tells the story in a hour. I feel the hour expresses the last 60 minutes of reality for Ms.Millard to only figure this is a man's world and that's why Chopin doesn't kill Mr. Millard and has has him return upon her death. Ms.Millard "was young, with a fair,calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength."It appears Ms.Millard heart condition was a reflection of her unfair marriage not her physical health . She was in a bind and only when her sister Josehpine informed her Mr.Millard is dead she seeks freedom. She knew what freedom was and it was time to make a decision on her own"she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window. Ms. Mallard never express the life of her estranged husband. I believe Chopin fakes Mr. Millard death to only reappear when his wife finally makes a decision.Ms. Millard experience eternal freedom. Chopin shows the different levels of freedom for Ms. Millard. She takes the intuitive to close the door If he didn't appear to be dead Ms.Millard wouldn't find the courage too be "free,free,free". The freedom Chopin expresses isn't physical it's a "after life" freedom. Ms. Millard chooses eternal life over the stained life she lived as a wife and thats when she finally passes away. She is free. Her death symbolizes her freedom.