In "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin, freedom and independence are forbidden joys that can only be visualized secretly. The story is about a woman who is told that her husband is dead. She is filled with joy, because of the realization of independence from her husband. It is later revealed that the husband is not dead. Upon realizing this, the woman dies. In "The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin alternates narrators, applies repetition, and uses symbolism throughout the story giving it a unique emotion for the reader. In "The Story of an Hour," the initial paragraphs, all of which are exposition, provide the reader with the characters in the story, and the setting, but its ultimate goal is to lead the reader away from the change in Mrs. Mallard. The exposition and the objective narrator give the reader expectations that they will read about a terrible tragedy that happen in the life of Mrs. Mallard whose health is uncertain. The exposition makes it so that the reader has no idea that Mrs. Mallard's reaction to the news of her husband's death is going to be anything other than normal. Chopin successfully changes the objective narrator and exposition to an omniscient narrator who sees into the character's mind. In "The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin tells a short story that take place in one hour. The story is brief, but structure of the plot is amazing. Chopin uses repetition to highlight important points, such as repeating the words free and open. The story consists of a series of short dense paragraphs to emphasize to the reader that this is one hour in Mrs. Mallard's life and as suggested by Selina Jamil "for one hour of emotion, Louise does glimpse meaning and fulfillment" (Jamil 1). The rising action starts with the description of Mrs. Mallard; "young, fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength" (198). It's seems that she is a woman with control of her emotion "a dull stare in her eyes"