The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin o Third-person narrative os The non-participant narrator provides access to Mrs. Mallard's life: her medical condition or state, her strict marriage, her lackluster relationship with her husband, her perspective on love she has for her husband, and her perspective on her newly awakened ideas on her personal freedom-which she associates with the death of her husband❖ Third-person narrative The non-participant narrator provides access to Mrs. Mallard's life: her medical condition or state, her strict marriage, her lackluster relationship with her husband, her perspective on "love" she has for her husband, and her perspective on her newly awakened ideas on her personal freedom—which she associates with the death of her husband. The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin