In "The Story of An Hour," what is the narrator's attitude towards the story being told? For example, some works may have a critical or an angry...

I would like to emphasize in the previous answer's use of the following citation as the embodiment of the state of mind of the protagonist

She could see...the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.  The delicious breath of rain was in the air....The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly....

The narrator's attitude is very evident on that quotation, because it brings out the "coming out" perspective of a repressed woman finally brought out. The line "the notes of a distant song which someone was singing" basically denote an irony- the protagonist knew exactly what the problem was- she had known it all along, but continued depriving herself from her needs, and carried on with a life that was less than satisfying.

If one of my students were to write an essay on this question I would gladly accept the words: Ironic, sarcasm, deprived, repressed, and nostalgic as describing words that explain the behavior of the protagonist. For she felt all these emotions in a period of an hour, in addition to joy, freedom, liberation, self-love, independence, and serenity- All which then shattered down, but still left a stronger presence it its short-lived existence.