Short story
19-3-2020
Portfolio 3
ANTONIUSCOLLEGE GOUDA
, The Story of an Hour
Task 1
1. The first thing the readers know is that Mrs. Mallard has trouble with her heart.
2. Mr. Mallard supposedly died in a train accident, something happened to the train he was in.
3. – The significance is that they need to inform Mrs. Mallard gently and softly.
– This is important because she was suffering from a heart disease and this means she could
die if her heartbeat would raise. This could happened if the news was told at an unexpected
way.
4. I would not say they had a happy marriage but they weren’t unhappy. Mrs. Mallard
sometimes felt trapped by her husband because of the way he treated her. ‘’the face that
had never looked save with love upon her’’ When she heard he died she kept whispering to
herself ‘’Free! Body and soul free!’’
5. – Mrs. Mallard sink into a comfortable armchair.
– The description could mean that when she sank in the chair she could feel the physical
exhaustion lifting of her body, she felt relieved.
6. She could see the open square before her house and the blossom at the tops of the trees.
There was a light drizzle and she saw a peddler selling his products. She heard a song in the
distant and some sparrows who were twittering, there were patches of blue sky showing
through the clouds.
7. The clouds and the patches of blue sky represent Mrs. Mallard. She heard that her husband
died, which would mean that she was free and that she was no longer overpowered by her
husband. So the little patches of freedom were slowly starting to feel more real and became
bigger. The blue patches of sky represent this freedom and the clouds represent everything
that was holding that freedom back.
8. Before the dead of her husband the thought everything was already planned out for her, like
her life was a prison and she couldn’t get out. When Mr. Mallard died she felt some kind of
freedom rush over her body like she never felt before. She could finally choose for herself.
9. – She kept whispering ‘’free, free, free!’’ and ‘’Free! Body and soul free!’’
– Mrs. mallard wanted to be free, but she couldn’t because of her husband. She lived in fear
of him and did no things for herself. The heart trouble Mrs. Mallard had could be a
consequence of the relationship she and her husband had.
10. – She was compared to the goddess of Victory.
– She was compared to this because when she walked downstairs she looked like she could
handle anything from now on.
– She looked like this because you saw she had confidence and she was willing to take care of
herself and start over. Mrs. Mallard could finally choose for herself and it felt like the chain
around her was cut off. Most women didn’t get this opportunity and therefor she was felt
released.
11. ‘’When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease – of the joy that kills’’
– They meant Mrs. Mallard had such a joyful moment when she heard her husband had died,
but when he walked in all her joy was immediately stopped and crushed.
– Mrs. Mallard was so relieved that she would never see her man again and that he would
never have control over her ever again. She finally felt free and she wouldn’t have to take
care of her husband anymore, but when Mr. Mallard walked in, she was so choked, not by his
living body, but with the idea of being in his power again and it felt like she would never
escape him.
– I do agree with the doctor because this shock caused to stop her heart from beating. She
had so much joy by the idea of being free, that when he walked in all that joy was killed. If
19-3-2020
Portfolio 3
ANTONIUSCOLLEGE GOUDA
, The Story of an Hour
Task 1
1. The first thing the readers know is that Mrs. Mallard has trouble with her heart.
2. Mr. Mallard supposedly died in a train accident, something happened to the train he was in.
3. – The significance is that they need to inform Mrs. Mallard gently and softly.
– This is important because she was suffering from a heart disease and this means she could
die if her heartbeat would raise. This could happened if the news was told at an unexpected
way.
4. I would not say they had a happy marriage but they weren’t unhappy. Mrs. Mallard
sometimes felt trapped by her husband because of the way he treated her. ‘’the face that
had never looked save with love upon her’’ When she heard he died she kept whispering to
herself ‘’Free! Body and soul free!’’
5. – Mrs. Mallard sink into a comfortable armchair.
– The description could mean that when she sank in the chair she could feel the physical
exhaustion lifting of her body, she felt relieved.
6. She could see the open square before her house and the blossom at the tops of the trees.
There was a light drizzle and she saw a peddler selling his products. She heard a song in the
distant and some sparrows who were twittering, there were patches of blue sky showing
through the clouds.
7. The clouds and the patches of blue sky represent Mrs. Mallard. She heard that her husband
died, which would mean that she was free and that she was no longer overpowered by her
husband. So the little patches of freedom were slowly starting to feel more real and became
bigger. The blue patches of sky represent this freedom and the clouds represent everything
that was holding that freedom back.
8. Before the dead of her husband the thought everything was already planned out for her, like
her life was a prison and she couldn’t get out. When Mr. Mallard died she felt some kind of
freedom rush over her body like she never felt before. She could finally choose for herself.
9. – She kept whispering ‘’free, free, free!’’ and ‘’Free! Body and soul free!’’
– Mrs. mallard wanted to be free, but she couldn’t because of her husband. She lived in fear
of him and did no things for herself. The heart trouble Mrs. Mallard had could be a
consequence of the relationship she and her husband had.
10. – She was compared to the goddess of Victory.
– She was compared to this because when she walked downstairs she looked like she could
handle anything from now on.
– She looked like this because you saw she had confidence and she was willing to take care of
herself and start over. Mrs. Mallard could finally choose for herself and it felt like the chain
around her was cut off. Most women didn’t get this opportunity and therefor she was felt
released.
11. ‘’When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease – of the joy that kills’’
– They meant Mrs. Mallard had such a joyful moment when she heard her husband had died,
but when he walked in all her joy was immediately stopped and crushed.
– Mrs. Mallard was so relieved that she would never see her man again and that he would
never have control over her ever again. She finally felt free and she wouldn’t have to take
care of her husband anymore, but when Mr. Mallard walked in, she was so choked, not by his
living body, but with the idea of being in his power again and it felt like she would never
escape him.
– I do agree with the doctor because this shock caused to stop her heart from beating. She
had so much joy by the idea of being free, that when he walked in all that joy was killed. If
