explain the significance of the last paragraph in the story of an hour?
explain the significance of the last paragraph in the story of an hour?
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The last paragraph in the story served as a climax to the plot. So far the story was going forward with the assumption that Brently Mallard was dead and Louise was looking forward to the time when she would be free. Suddenly someone opened the door with a latchkey and that someone was Mr Mallard. Mr Mallard hadn’t died at the accident and on seeing him, Louise had suffered a heart attack. When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease- of joy that kills. Over here is an oxymoron as how can someone’s joy kill that person. But in case of Louise, her extreme happiness on the news of her husband’s death and then the shock on seeing her husband alive, it’s the conflicting emotions which proved too much for her poor heart.
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