Josephine, Mrs. Mallard's sister comes to give her bad news, something that happened to her husband.
RESOLUTION
Hmmm...
Josephine tells Mrs. Mallard that her husband had died in a train accident.
RISING ACTION
Mrs. Mallard goes by herself to think. She realizes that she is free and independent. She is secretly happy.
END
Wait, What?
Brentley?!
The resolution of the story is that Mrs. Mallard died. Josephine and Mrs. Mallard are standing in the living room when Brentley walks in. That causes Mrs. Mallard to have a heart attack and results in her death.
Who will be knoking on the door?
Mrs. Mallard is absorbing everything that has happened, but at the moment she has a very strange feeling. She doesn't feel what she really should feel after this bad news.
I can't believe it.
The story was mysterious and shocked. It was not expected that Brentley lived the terrible accident. This story was unpredictable.