Ivory House- "The Story of An Hour"

After reading this story I was really confused about a few things. Mrs. Mallard seemed very confused. I couldn't tell if she was upset that her husband died or happy about it. It also seemed as if the love that she shared with her husband didn't matter to her. I think she was sad that he died because she did have some love for him, but also happy to be free. I believe that she was sad with the news at first because it was her husband's "death" and maybe she felt that being sad was the right thing to do. She was kind of selfish in a way because I'm sure her husband loved her, but she cared about herself more than she cared about the love they had.

I was also confused at the end of the story when Mr. Mallard walked in. At first I thought it was his ghost, until it said he had been far from the scene and didn't even know about the accident. I don't get how his name came up if he wasn't even there. Then when Mrs. Mallard died "of the joy that kills" I couldn't tell if it was the joy of seeing her husband alive or because the joy and thoughts of her being free had ended because her husband was actually alive. The story should have ended with her waking up and realizing that it was all a dream.