"Free, free, free""Free! Body and soul free!", Mrs. Mallard keeps whispering . The death of her husband brings her the exhilaration of freedom rather than the desolation of loneliness. However, in its turn, Mrs. Mallard's death also puts an end to her short hope of freedom. Two deaths in Kate Chopin's "The story of an hour" seem to have some meaning to readers. As "The story of an hour" opens, Kate Chopin uses the death …showed first 75 words of 477 total…

…showed last 75 words of 477 total…death is the only solution for her. Two deaths, the former at the beginning, the later at the end of the story, each has its own meanings to the life of Mrs. Mallard-the main character. But the most significant meaning of what the writers hides under those deaths is : freedom and life should exist together, or not at all. This makes "The story of an hour" one of the most unforgettable works of Kate Chopin.