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Possible Themes of this story are:
-Don't let other tell you how to live your life.
Because of how it was back in the day Louise had to do whatever her husband had told her to do.

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- Always have your best interest in mind.
Because of how much Louise had o do what other people wanted she rarely did what she wanted or needed.

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One big piece of symbolism is her death as a whole. When she dies she has just started this new life and since this new life had started once her husband died, later on to figure out he didn't she dies. In paragraph 23 I says "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills." The author says a joy that kills because she had just begun this joyous life and when he entered the door he took that from her. A 2nd example of symbolism is when she repeats the same words in paragraph 11 "She
said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!"" This is because she has realized how much better her life is and how much he was controlling over her.

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Imagery is all over this story. In paragraph 4-8 it says " There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with
the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and
piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except
when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep
continues to sob in its dreams. She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a
suspension of intelligent thought." This explains exactly what the room looks like and what is happening around her. Another piece of imagery is in paragraph 21 when describing Brentley Mallards when he entered the door "It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella."

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A lot of foreshadowing happens at the beginning of the story (well duh). We start with the first big one in paragraph 1 where the author plain out says " Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble". This already shows us that something involving her heart is going to happen later on. Another example I saw was in paragraphs 17 and  18 "Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for
admission. "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door—you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door."
"Go away. I am not making myself ill." No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window." I think this is referencing at the end when she dies of a heart disease. Louise keeps saying I'm not going to make myself ill inside and once she leaves to go downstairs she dies from an "illness".

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When talking about a conflict against nature I don't think you can find one. In a sense nature really helps Louise calm down the whole time. In paragraphs 4-7 it says "There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with
the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and
piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except
when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep
continues to sob in its dreams." This shows that the nature was very peaceful to her and helped relax poor Louise.

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The fact of the matter is that Louise's problem is with the marriage system. Louise has no rights as a wife. Mr. Mallard hs all the legal rights and she can't do nothing about it. You can pick this up in paragraph 14 when she says " There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief
moment of illumination." The problem of her marriage comes from her husband. Yes she is deeply sad when hearing about her husband's death but also feels relief come about as said in paragraph 8 "She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.

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In the middle of the story, paragraphs 8-16 this is when Louise becomes real with her inner self and realizes she is better off alone. She figures band might have thought of her as a burden but in fact he was the burden to her. She says thing like "She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death;
the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw
beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her
absolutely." in paragraph 13. This is her accepting the fact it was her time to live and she was ready.

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"It was Brently Mallard who entered, a
little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella." Here in paragraph 21 it shows indirect characterization because the author is describing he he looks.

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Form the beginning the author told us Mrs. Mallard had heart problems "Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble" as said in paragraph 1. This is indirect characterization. From the author telling us this we learn that Mrs. Mallard has issues with her heart and is foreshadowing the story a little bit.

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Mrs. Mallard got the unfortunate news that her husband Mr. Mallard died in a railroad disaster. After her sister, Josephine, and her husband's friend, Richards broke the news to her she ran to her room. She wept and wept then started looking out her window. She continued to cry whilst thinking that there was a reason for her grief. Feeling like there is something waiting for her she finally stopped crying. She eventually left the room since her sister had been bothering her none stop. Once she was downstairs the front door opened to Mr. Mallard  who had been far from the accident. The doctors later said she had died of a heart attack.