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"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. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome." (11)

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Mrs.Mallard spent most of her life with a husband that she didn't fully want. Now she feels great and free, but it is very late in her life. She was held back from great joys for most of her life.

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Nate Dartez, Sophie Kryszak & Markuz Almaguer

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Some people would be very happy and excited that their husband is actually alive, but Mrs. Mallard died from shock.

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Mrs. Mallard knows that death will come, but her sadness for it is over weighed by how excited she is for the next years of her life that she is free

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"when the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--the joy that kills." (18)

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She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!"  (10)
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"And yet she had loved him--sometimes. Often she had not. What did it
matter!" (13)

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Mrs. Mallard finds out that her husband has died in an accident. She is distressed and goes into a panic attack. She then realizes that his death was a good thing, she becomes happy and feels free now. When she leaves the room to go to her sister, she sees that Mr.Mallard is alive and she dies from shock.