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Literal Analysis
Mrs. Mallard is dynamic due to her ability to change and expand her emotions; she is
able to make a quick transition from weeping with abandonment to a silence that was exhausting.
Her moods change from melancholy to “monstrous joy” within short period of time (“The Story
of an Hour”). In addition, Mrs. Mallard is able to come to a new philosophical understanding of
life that the death of her husband means freedom to her and that life would be her own; freedom
in body and soul.
Calixta undergoes a rapid change from a woman who first appears as model of a faithful
housewife and ends committing adultery. She seems to move from a trance-like state of her
present to rejoin her past where old-time infatuations come alive with burning passion (“The
Storm”). Just like the storm which appears suddenly and dissipates, after fornicating with Mr.
Alcee Laballiere, she returns to her old self and welcomes her husband and child as if nothing
had happened.
Mrs. Baroda is uncomplicated and does not change in the narration. At the beginning, she
is presented as being introverted who takes pleasure in having internal conversations with herself
(“A Respectable Woman”). She appears lost in an internal world without taking action in the real
world. Having taken a liking for Gouvernail, she is afraid to express her feelings verbally but is
satisfied to fantasize her feelings for him. She is happy to maintain the façade of a respectable
woman with an ability to mask her true feelings throughout the narration.