The Story of an Hour. Kate Chopin was a Victorian writer; whose writing manifests her life experiences. She was not happy with the principles of the time, because women had fewer rights, and they were not considered equal to men. Afraid of segregation from society, people lived in a hypocritical world full of lies; moreover, Kate Chopin was not afraid of segregation, and used her writing as a weapon against oppression of the soul. Marriage …showed first 75 words of 392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 392 total…take away another's freedom. Mrs. Mallard loved her husband at times, but she loved freedom more. For the first time Mrs. Mallard, felt free since her marriage free body and soul free Chopin relates Mrs. Mallard's intese feeling of freedom to that of an orgasm. A great weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and the feeling was extacy. But like an orgasm it did not last long, the weight came crashing down upon her.