Thesis #1:
Women’s struggle for equality during this era can be detected in many subtle references in the text. The fact that when Mrs. Mallard received the news of her husband, she isolated herself to her room to take in the view of the world outside her window as if she had never seen it like this before, was a very clear interpretation of the hold that her life had because of these strict gender roles. . Her gaze brought about the recognition of her freedom within she stated, “Free, free, free! (Chopin 15).” This idea of freedom is suggested from Chopin to imply that she feels freedom within herself now because her husbands’ death has broken their matrimony and all that that socially encompassed for her emotionally as well.
Thesis #2:
With many references to life and death that Chopin highlights in this story it is evident that she is referring to a woman’s struggle in a modern day society in the 1099s. With Mrs. Mallards heart trouble we notice that it may be related to the anxiety and pressure that is placed upon her and the roles she must abide by. Mrs. Mallards struggle is captured in writing when we read, “She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was awaiting for it fearfully (Chopin 15).” Just as she felt freed from her burdens we see that she feels the overwhelming feeling of the bondage coming back into her life, although she has not discovered what that is yet. We later read of her husbands’ return and thus her death to maintain her longed freedom.
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