How does the narrator feel about marriage?

The narrator’s attitude toward marriage is one of
disapproval, not because of the human affections that are brought out by the
institution, but because of the control it gives men over women (see paragraphs 14 and
23). The relief that Louise finds in discovering newly found freedom (paragraphs 11–16)
is an aspect of tone that stresses her previously unspoken dissatisfaction with her
inferior status as a deferential wife. This motif is common throughout the works of Kate
Chopin and could be somewhat biographical, but is equally common among other 20th
century works as women were considered more to be second-class citizens at the
time.