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…showed last 75 words of 693 total…be alone, symbolizes the marriage. Mrs. Mallard goes to the room to sit in the chair, but always is exhausted when she sits. This symbolizes how she feels about her marriage as well. Another symbol in the story that was used were the stairs in the house. When she heard about her husbands death, she walked up the stairway to her room to be alone. The stairway is a symbol of her walk to freedom