Question

The day before this all happened, Mrs. Mallard contemplated this: "...had a thought with a shudder that life might be long". Why had this thought made her shudder? (Look up shudder or use context clues if confused). *

Answer 1

She always did the same things, on all the days, took care of her family and nothing for her own self making her think that her life was very long.

Explanation:

Since in the story, things always remained the same for Mrs Mallard, as a result of this, she thought that the life was very long for her because of that monotony.

She always did what was expected from her, like she always took care of her family, of her house, she was a very good wife. But she never did anything for her own self.