The poem itself can be related to the emotional state of Mrs. Mallard in many ways since in the first stanza it can be seen when in the story it says “It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip -sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine’s piercing cry; at Richards’ quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife. When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease — of the joy that kills.” This shows that referring to her emotional situation since she, seeing her husband enter and that absolutely nothing had happened to her, is something that would be difficult for anyone to process. At that moment, she knew that her freedom was over, that she would return to her previous life, that is before she learned of the “death” of her husband Brently Mallard. It was a very complicated emotional situation for her to see that everything changed radically again in her life. The story goes “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will.” upon a fellow-creature.” This is related to the last stanza of the poem since in the recently mentioned quote she clarifies that she only lived for her husband and by her own will, as her husband was the one who would dominate everything in the relationship, preventing that she can do anything she wants.
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