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~Brief summary of the plot~
~Brief summary of the plot~


The plot of "The story of an hour" is about a woman who receives bad news only for her to realize it's not as bad as she thought. As she is informed that her husband has just died in a train accident, her initial response is too weep. She wept in her sister's arms with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Soon after when the grief wore off, she went to her room to isolate herself and truly think about the news she just heard when she felt a feeling of relief. She realized that this meant she was "free, free, free!". Only then, for her husband to step through the doors and her die of a heart attack.
The plot of "The story of an hour" is about a woman who receives bad news only for her to realize it's not as bad as she thought. As she is informed that her husband has just died in a train accident, her initial response is too weep. She wept in her sister's arms with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Soon after when the grief wore off, she went to her room to isolate herself and truly think about the news she just heard when she felt a feeling of relief. She realized that this meant she was "free, free, free!". Only then, for her husband to step through the doors and her die of a heart disease.


==Characters==
==Characters==
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