The Story of an Hour (5 important phrases)

There are a few very important phrases from The Story of an Hour. The first phrase is "knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart ttouble, great care was taken to break the news of her husbands death".  This is important because it is revealed that Mrs. Mallard's husband is dead and she has heart problems so it may be difficult to tell her the terrible news. The second phrase is when Mrs. Mallard says "free, free, free!", this is important because it seems as if she was glad that her husband was dead because she felt like she was free from him. The third phrase is "and yet she had loved him-sometimes". This is important because its said that she only loves him sometimes...not ALL the time like a wife should. "Go away. I am not making myself ill" is the fourth phrase which is important because Josephine is scared that Mrs. Mallard was making herself ill and might kill herself. Finally the last phrase is "when the doctors came they said she has died of heart disease-of joy that kills". This is important because in the end, Mrs Mallard ends up dying from the heart problems that she was revealed to have in the beginning. She was full of joy until her husband came through the door, proving that he was never in the accident and he was ok. The end of her sudden joy and freedom from her husband was enough to kill her, however everyone else believes that she died of being over joyed which was not the case.