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The Story of an HourKate Chopin;;Title The title of the short story refers to the time elapsed between the moments at which the protagonist, Louise Mallard, hears that her husband is dead and discovers that he is alive after all.?The Story of an Hour?was considered controversial during the 1890s because it deals with a female protagonist who feels liberated by the news of her husbands death. In?Unveiling Kate Chopin, Emily Toth argues that Chopin had to have her heroine die in order to make the story publishable. ;Characters Mrs. Louise Mallard?is the?protagonist?of the story. She is introduced as being afflicted with a heart trouble, which is why great care is taken in telling her of her husbands death. She mourns her husband, but then begins to feel relieved and liberated. Mr. Brently Mallard?is assumed dead until the end of the story when it is revealed that the news of his death was a mistake. ;Characters Josephine?is Louises sister who tells Louise of her husbands death. She embodies the feminine ideals of the time, acting as the picture perfect wife figure. Richards?represents the standard image and expectations of the man during the time period - responsible for protecting women. However, he fails which could have been a bit controversial for the time period.;Tone An ironically detached and melancholy tone: The story comes off as subtly cruel in that Louises reaction to the death of her husband was not one of sadness from loss but rather a bitter joy she feels when she comes to the understanding that she is now free from the shackles of marriage, his perceived death representing freedom and independence from the role she is forever bound to by society - a wife.;Third-person narrative The non-participant narrator provides access to Mrs. Mallards life: her medical condition or state, her strict marriage, her lackluster relationship with her husband, her perspective on love she has for her husband, and her perspective on her newly awakened ideas on her persona