Wednesday, 4 February 2009

That would of been good to know yesterday

The tragedy of Story of an Hour is not in death, or the destruction of the dream but rather the lack of communication that led to the dream.
Bearing the burden of delivering the death of someones loved one is not something I ever want to undertake, but if I did I would make sure I had all the information and know for a fact what I had to deliver was true. Even more so when the widow has health conditions of their own.
I understand that in this time period cell phones were not yet invented that being said you would think they would be even more cautious and detailed in finding this information. A second telegraph with a name is by no means absolute truth. It could be another man with the same name. Who had identified the body? How do you know he is even on the train in the first place?
Obviously he was not far if he walked home. The dream of Mrs. Mallard that in turn led to her untimely death would not of had its genesis if the informants were truly informed themselves.
Now Barry Mallard is the one left alone.

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