How does the news of her husband's death affect Mrs. Mallard? *
5 points
She is at first overcome with grief, but soon she realizes that his death will allow her
to lead an independent life.
She pretends to mourn her husband, but she is privately happy to rid herself of the
man whom she never loved.
She is physically upset by the news, and this distress triggers her heart condition and
kills her.
She is at first happy to hear that he is dead, but she comes to realize that she will still
miss him

Her husband's death makes her sad at first, then makes her happy, the confusion kills her, so in the end, she most likely wishes he never died.

Explanation:

In the end this effects her negatively.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.