... quite prosperous one of that as she utters the words "free, free, free- (77) under her breath to herself. With every moment passing, her emotions of joy were filling the air. It came as a great sense for her to know that she would not be trapped by her husband anymore and would be able to live ... real reason she died is from disappointment and sadness or her husband actually being still alive and walking through the front door bruised and stained a little, not of joy or heart troubles or her being overwhelmed by his death. Also, just to touch basis on the third character, her sister, J...

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... internal confusion as to how she would feel about her husband's death. A part of her says that she will miss him while a part of her is shouting for joy on her new found freedom. Figures of Speech Paradox It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. When ... the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-of joy that kills. Metaphor When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. ... feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwitt...

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... or not, or how she died, but Mrs. Mallard was overwhelmed once again at the knowledge of her husband's state of being alive that she died of "heart disease-of joy that kills."" (Fiction A Pocket Anthology R.S. Gwyn page 73 paragraph 2) Once again we can see that stories from people's lives influence what we write. This was evident in the life of ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School