d keen and bright…the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body. (Paragraph 11)” She knows that she will be sad that she has gone, but death to her felt much more safe. She was no longer scared. She now looked at death in the eyes with a smile. “ She saw beyond that bitter moment….she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome (paragraph 13).” When she says, “ there will be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself (paragraph 14)”, she means that she was going to live her last days to the fullest.Then, she starts to think back on her husband and that she had loved him, at least most of the time, but she didn’t want to think about that she was free. Free from him and free from hurting. “ Free! Body and soul free! (Paragraph 16)”Her sister begins to worry about her and tells her that she is going to make her self sick by staying locked in the room and thinking about her husbands death. She was doing the very opposite. She was freeing herself she was beginning a new life one that belonged to her, one that she would control. She was thinking about all the things that she had to live for,“ spring days, summer day, and all sorts of days that would be her own (paragraph 19)”.She finally opened the door. “ There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory (paragraph 20).” She had fought the battle of life, health, the death of her husband, and she was a peace with her self. She came out of the room and clasped to her sister’s waist. This shows she was starting to weaken, but she fought the battle and won. She could now face death fearless and strong.The fact that her husband was standing at the bottom of the stairs was not the cause of her death. It was her time to die. “ Richards’ quick motion to screen him from the vie...
