Characters Summary of Characters Signifcance of Characters

She hears of her husband's death She loved her husband, but in a
and instantly greives. When The way hated him because she was
Mrs. Louise Mallard grief sets in she gains a sense of married to him with no freedom.
freedom and becomes secretly She depicts how women were
happy. oppressed and felt in that time.

Tells Louise that her husband has She is the sister of Louise and
Josephine Mallard died. She is traditional in how she shows how a convential wife would
views the process be at the time.

He was supposedly killed in a train He is a good husband objectively,

accident. He is remembered as but hinders Louise's freedom just
Brently Mallard
loving. At the end of the story he by being her spouse. He represents
turns up at the house alive the male oppression in that time.

He finds out about the "death" of

He is the husband of Josephine
Richards brentley through his job at the
and a friend of Brentley's
newspaper office
Important Quote (if any) Protagonist/Antagonist

"free, free, free!" "Free! Body and

Protagonist
soul free!"

"Louise, open the door! I beg; open

Protagonist
the door--you will make yourself ill."

N/A Protagonist

N/A Antagonist