The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

                The story depicts the life of Mrs. Mallard after her husband's death. At first, widowed women would have been devestated at the news of one's death of her husband, and that's what she did. She mourned and then after she isolated herself from the view of the world. Once alone with herself she felt free. Never had she felt the grip of shackles beneath her legs. Entwined with serenity she was at the top of the tree of freedom. The feeling of having oneself to oneself. She is a widow, but a free widow, she is.

                 But to her dismay, her husband was safe and unharmed. After she has found out about it, she died of unseemingly overflowing joy. she died because of joy generally. The joy she felt after viewing her unharmed husband, gave her the finishing blow to her life. Because she grew weak and weary her body did not take the news easily therefore, to an unfortunate expense, she dies.

The author may have changed her identification from Mrs. Mallard to Louise because the author may have wanted to denote her relationship status or her indication of freedom.