Setting.
The range and length of the story is very limited. The story takes place in an hour, so the characters can only do so much or go anywhere in particular. The exact location of the story is not known but it can be quite noticeable though that the women are always inside the Mallards' house, while the men can come and go as they please. This shows that most of the action in the story takes place within the Mallards' home, which is barely given a description: the internal doors have locks; there's more than one floor, because there's a staircase inside; and Mrs. Mallard has her own room. In that room, there's "a comfortable, roomy armchair" but specific details about the room such as its physical layout and characteristics are never mentioned.
Point of View and Conflict.
The story is written from the omniscient point of view. The narrator tells a complete story that's not limited to the protagonist's point of view. The narrator exposes everything that has been going on Mrs. Mallard's mind and what she has been doing and thinking alone in her room as well as present facts that were not known to the protagonist(Mrs. Mallard).
Conflict between man and nature can be seen in Mrs. Mallard's friend's and family's dilemma in telling her the news of her husband's death as carefully as possible as she might die of shock because of her heart problem. However, throughout the story the conflict "man vs. himself" mostly prevails as can be seen with Mrs. Mallard's 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.