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Read the following passage from Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour":

"She said it over and over under her breath: 'free, free, free!' The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body."

Through what technique does Kate Chopin to develop the evolving character of Mrs. Mallard in the excerpt above?

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Through direct characterization, with the narrator explicitly stating that Mrs. Mallard is a selfish and unloving wife.
Through direct characterization, with the narrator explicitly stating that Mrs. Mallard is a selfish and unloving wife.

Through a flashback, reminding the reader of the energetic and joyful person she was before her marriage.
Through a flashback, reminding the reader of the energetic and joyful person she was before her marriage.

Through external conflict, showing her struggle to hide her true feelings from the other characters in the house.
Through external conflict, showing her struggle to hide her true feelings from the other characters in the house.

Through vivid imagery, contrasting her previous fear and stagnation with a new, physical sensation of vitality and freedom.

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Through vivid imagery, contrasting her previous fear and stagnation with a new, physical sensation of vitality and freedom.