Louise Mallard
The “Story of an Hour” is based on a woman, Louise Mallard, who suffers from a heart condition. Richard, who is the one who initially found out about the train “incident” at the newspaper office, told Josephine who then broke the news to her sister. Being that Mrs. Mallard has a disability, Josephine was extremely cautious as to how she would break the news to her. After delicately breaking the news to Mrs. Mallard, she immediately requested to be alone. She was filled with so many different emotions, she was indeed sad of the passing of her husband because she did love him. But in the same breath, she didn’t know how to contain her excitement for this new found freedom.