What is the language and style in Chopin's The Story of an Hour?

Kate Chopin employs foreshadowing with irony and symbolism
as she leads the writer to the surprise ending of her "Story of an Hour."  Like the plan
of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Chopin's story directs the reader to the conclusion
with a singleness of purpose. 

For one
thing, Chopin's suggestions of Mrs. Mallard's condition, both physically and
psychologically direct the action.  For instance, the reader is alerted immediately that
Mrs. Mallard has a bad heart.  Then, ironically, Chopin arranges for the surprise ending
by mentioning that Mr. Mallard has been killed, but his friend Richard has sent a
telegram to ascertain if such an accident has, indeed,
occurred. 

While she is in her room, the feelings of Mrs.
Mallard are symbolized by that which she views from her bedroom window:  her tears are
mirrored by the rain; her rebirth as a whole person is indicated by the rebirth of life
in the burgeoning Spring outdoors.

However, because the
short story is narrated with a very detached third-person limited point of view, the
reader is not privy to more than the feelings of Louis Mallard.  But, when Mrs. Mallard
goes downstairs, the reader is removed from these feelings.  In this way, Chopin
"manipulates" the point of view to underscore the theme of the repressed Victorian
woman. 

As Mrs. Mallard descends the stairs, the irony
comes into play. The incongruity between what the readers have witnessed--the entry of
Mr. Mallard even when he has been confirmed as dead--and what Mrs. Mallard believes adds
a couple of twists to the conclusion.  For, the reader now realizes that Mrs. Mallard's
"heart condition" is an ironic phrase.  It is not her medical/physical condition, but,
rather, her spiritual condition that causes her "heart condition."  And, the final line,
"she died from a joy that kills," is also ironic.