This short story is called The story of an hour because it describes with clear detail the occurrences of an hour in its protagonists life. Louise Mallard is the protagonist of this story. Her sister Josephine and her husbands friend Richards got eh news of her husbands death in a railroad disaster. They were very concerned about giving the news to her because she was afflicted with heart trouble. They were sure that she would overreact causing a great problem with her health. They told to her the occurrence as gently as possible but to their surprise, she did not react as other women do in front of a similar situation. In general, people can not stand the idea of losing someone very close to them and they overreact. They lose the ability to accept the fact. Mrs. Mallard did not do that. She had a storm of grief in her sisters arms. This happened because she acc
epted the fact with all its consequences. After that, she went to her room to stay alone. Her meditation and her actions in the room represent the greatest part of the story. Here the author describes all her feelings using the expressions of her body. The heart, the pulse, the eyes and all her face spoke about what she was feeling and thinking. All the details lead to think that this woman accepted the death of her husband and did not make herself ill for the received news. The end of the story comes when she goes out of the room with her sister and they descend the stairs. Downstairs the door opened and entered her husband. After realizing that in fact, he is still alive, she dies. This is a tragic end but it has quite the most important function in the entire story. I think that the writer has purposely put this end to the story. It carries the whole meaning.