1. How was the news of Mr. Mallard's death conveyed to her? What was her immediate reaction?
2. What does she do and see when she enters her room? Describe the views.
3. Explain the significance of the window?
4.How does she feel having found the taste of freedom ? How does she react to it?
5. Comment on the statement "the joy that kills".
Question 1. Closely referring to the short story, The Story of an Hour state the thoughts and conflicts that Mrs. Mallard goes through within the span of an hour. Comment on the ending of the story. [15]
1. Her initial reaction to the news.
2. She looks out of the window...the sky, spring season
3. She feels a change which she fails to identify
4. The change is powerful yet she fearfully anticipates it..
5.free..free as she now clearly knows what the change is
6. She admits that she would cry once she sees her husband dead but nothing matters to her now beyond her new found freedom
7. Repressive marriage:trapped..but now freed.
8. love seems meaningless ...all she could see was the beautiful procession of years waiting for her
9. She feels like a goddess of victory
10.Ending:Mr Mallard returns..out of shock she dies...Joy That Kills ...irony
