Mixed Emotions in The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin gives us a real insight on marriage and relationships. A woman’s repressed thoughts and feeling are untied due to her husband’s tragedy. Mrs. Mallard is suffocated by her husband’s total control over the marriage. The story is set in the late eighteen hundreds. That could be one of the reasons for Mrs. Mallard’s reactions; her life was dull but she does not know anything else so she is content. Also, loyalty and obedience are expected from women in this decade. Mrs. Mallard’s first response to the tragedy