This is the story of a series of events that happen in one hour to a woman named Louise Mallard. Louise is a housewife who learns that her husband has died in a train accident. Feeling the joy of being free, she begins to see life in a different way. Until the end of the story, she sees her husband healthy and alive. She cries at the sight of him and dies. The story ends with a doctor saying “that she died of heart disease, of the joy that kills” (Chopin). Even though the story doesn't depict Louise doing household chores like in The Storm, we know she was a good wife because of the way she reacts when she learns her husband is dead. Louise is described as “young, with a blond and calm face, whose features expressed repression and even a certain strength” (Chopin). From this line we get insight into her marriage and herself. We get the idea that she wasn't happy being married to her husband, but she still stayed with him and performed her duties as she was supposed to. In reality, her being a good wife was an act intended to fulfill society's expectations that a woman would be domestic and submissive. As she spends more time alone in her room thinking about her deceased husband, she realizes that life would finally be different for her. She knows that “there will be no one to live for in the years to come; she would live for herself” (Chopin) For a long time