Which of these lines from "The Story of an Hour" describes the change in Mrs. Mallard after her initial realization of her husband's death?

Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.

But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.

Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.

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Annika Compton

21 April, 23:18

Which of these lines from "The Story of an Hour" describes the change in Mrs. Mallard after her initial realization of her husband's death?

Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.

But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.

Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.

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Morgan Gordon · Answer 1

I believe that the lines from "The Story of an Hour" that describe the change in Mrs. Mallard after her initial realization of her husband's death are found in the first option - Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.

Although she was shocked upon hearing that her husband died, she started being excited about being free after a long time of psychological prison that was her marriage.