Fear. Something people face everyday. Fear is something that Mrs. Mallard faced early on in, “The Story of An Hour.” She had fear on so many levels. Fear of being alone. Fear of the future. Fear of her life without a controlling and demanding husband. And fear of not being needed. No matter the age or sex, fear is something that no one wants to ever face. Mrs. Mallard, whose first name is not revealed …showed first 75 words of 958 total…

…showed last 75 words of 958 total…fear. A new kind of fear, the fear of going back to her “previous” life of servitude. And now they say that fear is something that can be overcome. Here is an example of someone who can not overcome fear. Mrs. Mallard is unable to become a free woman so she chooses to die where she will be eternally free. Mrs. Mallard is now able to face the fear that she chooses to, an afterlife.