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The irony of Story of An Hour begins with her abide bying out that her husband died. Everything starts to go downhill from there. Mrs. Millard the main character dies from feeling disease, she is alive when she discovers that her husband never died from the train accident. Richard, Mr. Millard best friend breaks the news to Josephine Mrs. Millard sister. In the book it explains how Richard was at the newspaper office when he waited for the telegram to watch if Brently Millard name was on the killed list. He was on the list the irony of the news is that Richard was in fact wrong, Mr. Millard is actually alive. Little did he go that Mrs. Millard would eventually find out and go through her stages of letting go of the past. When she finds out she is heartbroken because she finally thought she was free from her husband. Even though we dont know for sure if her husband abused her but in the book she whispers free,free,free After she realizes she is free from her past and she can start fresh an forget everything about it. When Mrs. Millard is voicelessness to herself about being free she is ...