Fortunately, as stated by Neal Wyatt, “By all accounts he adored his wife, admired her independence and intelligence, and “allowed” her unprecedented freedom.” Oscar Chopin was a perfect man for Mrs. Chopin, they had a happy marriage, seven children and an exceptional financial situation. But their marriage lasted twelve years because Oscar Chopin died of swamp fever in 1882. Once again Kate Chopin found herself faced with a situation that favored her independence and had to take charge of her family and business. Finding in the nineteenth century a man who accepted a woman's independent thoughts and freedom was very rare and difficult, so it can be said that Kate Chopin was lucky to find a man who understood her, but it seems that those who loved her, respected and accepted is always dead. Each loss in Chopin's life left her with new challenges that somehow oppressed her and forced her to live for her family. In The Story of an Hour there is a phrase that clearly shows Chopin's personality; “There would be no one to live for in the years to come; it would live for itself” (Gardner xx). She reflects what being married meant to her and used several elements to send her message of liberation and repression of marriage. Irony is an element that Chopin constantly uses as an example in his stories: “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease – of the joy that kills” (Gardner xx). She was able to communicate the voices of many women who felt oppressed and trapped in their marriages and in society. In her real life, Chopin had to manage her husband's cotton shop to support her family, and the data found on her does not show her interest in business, but she had no choice. After a year he sold the company and moved to St. Louis in 1884