What does the title contribute to the story?Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

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In such a compact short story as that of Kate Chopin, every
element contributes to the meaning; therefore, the title signifies much. In fact, it is a
metaphor for the sequence of events of Chopin's narrative. For, what occurs to Louise Mallard in
one hour's time is a story of itself. In the exposition, for instance, Mrs. Mallard receives the
supposedly tragic news that her husband has been a victim of a train wreck. However, within a few
minutes the reader perceives that it is Mrs. Mallard who has been victimized much more than the
"late" Bentley Mallard. As she "would have no one follow," Mrs. Mallard closes the door to her
bedroom and collapses into her armchair which faces an open window. Looking at the burgeoning
Spring outside, Louise Mallard, an individual who has been repressed, is now "free!" and her
independent spirit emerges like the new buds on the trees. With the realization that she is no
longer the property of her Victorian husband, Louise contemplates all that she will be able to
do. With feelings of being "a goddess of Victory," Louise emerges from her room within an hour
and stands at the top of her stairs ready to descend as a liberated woman. However, when her
husband miraculously appears, Louise Mallard's heart stops with the shock, and it is Louise who
falls down the stairs, killed from having the joy of freedom--"the joy that kills"--repressed yet
again. The life of Louise Mallard, not Mrs. Mallard, has been "the story of an hour"; for only
sixty minutes Louise Mallard has been freed of "a heart trouble" as described in the story's
beginning and at the conclusion. Indeed, the title contributes great significance to Kate
Chopin's momentous story.