Story of an Hour was humorous in it's cruel joke. At first I sympathized with Louise. I cannot imagine living life without my fiance and i have thought about what if I had gotten knews like that I would have reacted with a similar "wild abandonment" and than retreated to my room. When she started to say "free, free,free" I knew right away what she was crying for wasn't her husbands death but for her own freedom. I no longer sympathized. I did enjoy this story even for the main character's disregard for her husband's death. The ending was unexpected and cruel humor aside, it's irony killed me.