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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...

two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...

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

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

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

we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...