The Story of an hour left me with many thoughts. The main characters reaction had me confused, first weeping and going to her room to be alone, then all of a sudden excited when realizing she is now alone with no one to answer to. How can a wife react like that to her husbands death? But then again we don't really know the story behind the marriage. The story leaves you wondering how awful the marriage had to be for a wife to react like that to her husbands death.