QUESTIONS ON THE STORY OF THE HOUR...

1. The story says Mrs. Mallard “had loved him [her husband]–sometimes. Often she did not.” If she was “often” not in love with him, why did she marry him? Maybe Mrs. Mallard married her husband even though she was often not in love with him because she had no other choice but to get married to him maybe it was an arranged marriage , maybe she loved a man before her husband but because of class or relationship statues it couldn’t work out.

2. What was life like for Mrs. Mallard in the home of Brently Mallard? Life for Mrs. Mallard must have been regretful she must of spend most of her days dreading that she got married to Mr. Mallard because when she found out that he was dead she was flying with joy.
3. In the report of the train accident, Brently Mallard's name was at the top of the list of fatalities (Paragraph 2). Does this information mean that Mallard was an important citizen in his community? Does it also suggest that perhaps Louise married him, in part, because of his standing in the community? Yes, I do think that that Brently is an important member of his company list. Louis may have married him in part of his position in the company but I dought it.
4. Do you believe Brently Mallard mistreated his wife? In answering this question, keep in mind the following: (1) In Paragraph 13, Louise Mallard recalls that Brently was kind and that "he had never looked save with love upon her." (2) However, Paragraph 8 had previously informed the reader that Mrs. Mallard's face "bespoke repression," and Paragraph 14 says Brently had a "powerful will bending her No I don’t think that Mr. Mallard has ever hurt his wife.
5. How much of Mrs. Mallard's apparent unhappiness in her marriage was her own fault I think it’s her fault that she let herself get to the point of unhappiness without saying anything to her husband about it
6. After Mrs. Mallard receives news that her husband died in a train accident, she goes to “her room.” Do these two words mean that she slept separately from her husband? Does the fact that no children are named in the story indeed indicate that she and her husband slept apart? No just because her husband has died it doesn’t mean that she is separated from him. And just because there weren’t any children named doesn’t mean they slept apart maybe she couldn’t have children.
7. Research the life of Kate Chopin (1851-1904). Then decide whether the death of her husband in 1882 influenced her when she wrote “The Story of an Hour,” published in 1894 in Vogue magazine. -It did influence her a lot, because she can express her self through her stories.8. Did author Chopin herself face problems similar to those of Mrs. Mallard? - Kinda , not really because her husband was abusive to her but she didn't experience what Mrs. Mallard went through.