Question

What is the conflict in the story of an hour? why do you think the author included it?

Answer 1

Answer:  Louis Mallard experienced an internal conflict throughout the story. In the short story, she found herself fighting with her own feelings, between what she should feel/act and what her true feeling are. When Mrs. Mallard is told the news of her husbands death, it seems that she is depressed and grief-stricken

Explanation: The author included it to make the story interesting, a story has to have a conflict to have a solution and for a reader to want to keep reading.