Mallard repeatedly says "free, free, free!" this statement tells us that, even if her marriage appears relatively satisfied, what seems most significant to her is freedom from her husband. Now she realizes that her life is free from anything, because she was experiencing both physical and emotional cruelty from her alleged husband. One of the results of her husband's death is living for herself. In the story it is said that “There was, in front of the open window, a comfortable and spacious armchair”. The open window indicates the importance of his freedom. Now her husband is gone and she begins to understand what life will be