Feminist Criticism

Criticism- At first Mrs. mallard is upset about her husband’s death, and she is overcome with grief. This makes her seem as like a very emotional person, and also a weak person because of her heart problems that we learn in the beginning of the story. After grieving a lot in her room by herself, she gains strength while looking out her window. This shows her opportunity, and everything she can do now that her husband has died. She gains strength from this, and she won’t be limited by her marriage anymore. She can now think for herself, and make her own decisions. She then learns that she didn’t really love her husband, and she doesn’t have to be held back by him anymore. She can now break away from her married life, and it shows women at that time did not truly know how much of themselves they help back while married, but Mrs. Mallard is lucky enough to realize it. She is also able to create her own identity from this. She was just known as Mrs. Mallard, but now she gets to be an actual person. She can now live a long life for herself without the constraints of men. At the end she got her wish because she would rather have died then be back under the control of her husband.

Link to criticism:https://engl308kirstie.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/feminist-analysis-the-story-of-an-hour/