In "The Story of an Hour" written by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard's husband was killed in a horrific railroad accident. The setting foreshadows Mrs. Mallard's feeling towards her husband's death as she walks into her room and looks out the window.
She does not find herself in a tragic state of mind over her husband's death. Instead she finds the things around her make her come to the realization of her happiness towards the loss of her husband. Mrs. Mallard first caught sight of a "comfortable, roomy armchair" as she walks into her room. The armchair does not make her feel solitary or lonely.…
