At the beginning of the story, Mrs. Mallard is overcome with grief with the loss of 
her husband.This quote 
shows the feminist theory that it was assumed women were oppressed and shows 
the patriarchal ideology.This quote 
shows the feminist theory that it was assumed women were oppressed and shows 
the patriarchal ideology.After she enters her room she goes to the 
chair and the story says, "Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion 
that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." This shows us that her 
strong emotions caused her physical exhaustion. Not only was she emotional, but 
now the story shows that Mrs. Mallard can't even handle it physically either. It goes 
even further to say that the weakness even goes into her soul. After she sits down, Mrs. Mallard begins to appear as a stronger woman which is 
where the feminist theory takes effect. She looks out of the house through the large 
open window which could also signify the open opportunities available to her now. She begins to see how her marriage made her into a lesser person. She realizes that 
she has been living her life through limitations caused from being married. Mrs. 
Mallard knows that she can begin to live for herself. The story says, "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."After she enters her room she goes to the 
chair and the story says, "Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion 
that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." This shows us that her 
strong emotions caused her physical exhaustion. Not only was she emotional, but 
now the story shows that Mrs. Mallard can't even handle it physically either. It goes 
even further to say that the weakness even goes into her soul. After she sits down, Mrs. Mallard begins to appear as a stronger woman which is 
where the feminist theory takes effect. She looks out of the house through the large 
open window which could also signify the open opportunities available to her now. She begins to see how her marriage made her into a lesser person. She realizes that 
she has been living her life through limitations caused from being married. Mrs. 
Mallard knows that she can begin to live for herself. The story says, "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."It also seems like Mrs. Mallard 
thought that she wasn't even allowed to have her own thoughts which was probablyAt the beginning of the story, Mrs. Mallard is overcome with grief with the loss of 
her husband.Mrs. Mallard has heart problems which can make the reader see her as a 
weaker person right at the beginning of the story.From the start, we as readers are 
told to see Mrs. Mallard as a naturally weaker character.Mrs. Mallard has heart problems which can make the reader see her as a 
weaker person right at the beginning of the story.From the start, we as readers are 
told to see Mrs. Mallard as a naturally weaker character.It also seems like Mrs. Mallard 
thought that she wasn't even allowed to have her own thoughts which was probablytrue.Now that she could 
live for herself, she wanted nothing more than to have a long time to enjoy it. When 
she was forced into the role of timid and obedient wife, she didn't see a point in 
living.After she says this, her 
husband walks into their home and she realizes that he wasn't really dead all alonghe finally allowed herself to think of her life as living for herself.Another way to make Mrs. Mallard appear as a weaker person was when she went 
to her room alone to continue her grief.Mrs. Mallard goes on to realize how much she really didn't love her husband.