In a state of shock, Armand drops the letter. People with whom he shares blood with he despises and considers as property.
“Shatter”
“Smash”
“Crack”
Armand snatches and tosses everything in his path. He is filled with rage and utter confusion on the inside. He wonders how they could have done this to him. How they could have failed to inform him of this. Armand sits at his desk for hours, staring at the letter and then back at the photo of Desire, him, and their child. He catches a glimpse of a photograph of his mother. He takes into account how people would treat her if they found out, and how cruel he was to his slaves. He was disgusted with his actions and with himself. Armand leaves the house to burn the letter. He goes to release the slaves and then to get his family back.
“Desire, Desire!”, he calls out. “Where are they, Madame Valmonde?”
” Oh son, they went for a walk and never returned.”
Armand collapses to the ground.
Rationale:
“And the very spirit of Satan seemed suddenly to take hold of him in his dealings with the slaves.” (Chopin 4).
“Moreover, he no longer loved her, because of the unconscious injury she had
brought upon his home and his name” (Chopin 5).
As we can see, Armand treated slaves badly. And when he discovered that his wife and child were allegedly black, he tells them to leave. As a result, in this alternate ending, he is ashamed of himself after finding out the truth, frees the slaves he tortured who he shares the same blood with, and returns to his family.
I really liked how you ended with the slaves being freed. I also liked how you added the sound effects in the beginning.