In the story of an hour, Kate Chopin uses a great amount of irony to accomplish many unexpected twists and turns. What Chopin is trying to make us understand through irony, is that freedom, in the 19th Century is something women are not entitled to; and the few who experience it, shall never lose it, for otherwise, their lives would feel as if they had died.
The story narrates the response of a woman back in the 19th Century, who was told that her husband had died in a traffic accident. Kate Chopin makes a very interesting connection with the feelings of the woman. Since Chopin had become