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comes to bail him out is tied to a tree in the jails courtyard and tortured; finally the ordeal ends when Mr. Chiu signs a false c...

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...

In many ways, as the story progresses, the reader essentially forgets her heart condition. But, if one keeps this in mind one can ...

the beginning of the novel? Why does Edna not try to follow the same path as her artistic mentor, Mm. Reisz, who lives the indepen...

one could present. In Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper her story, which is fictional, is actually based largely on her own experienc...

It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...

throughout the text. In presenting another way of examining these perspectives, we present the words of Drucker who states that...

such endeavors she discovers that this is not the case. She tries to escape through passion, but finds that she is still a woman i...

Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles...There were only Creoles that s...

is reflected in The Awakening. No woman could have any greater calling than to be a good wife and mother. In fact, that was the ...

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...

down, there was no living thing in sight" indicates a sort of foreboding as well, an indication that life ended here, in the water...

lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation...The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace" (C...

background. Chopin does not relate a great deal about Ednas early life, but what she does indicate is extremely revealing, as the ...

In six pages the development of Kate Chopin's protagonist Edna is discussed. Three other sources are listed in the bibliography....

according to Wolff, cannot find a "partner or audience with whom to build her new story" and she is unable to build one all by her...

believed that "Authority, coercion are what is needed" as the "only way to manage a wife," and seemed unaware that the may have "c...

undying life of the world" (Chopin PG). Chopins message of forbidden feminine desire is indicative of the prolific writers...

In four pages this essay discusses Kate Chopin's novella in terms of how the protagonist develops throughout. There are 2 other s...

hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...

This paper examines how Joseph Heller's Catch 22 reflects the concepts featured in Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Ralph Ellison's In...

My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...

controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...

him that she wants to stop talking about it, indicating she feels completely powerless and is just going to do it and get it over ...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...