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

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...

an adulterous tryst that ends up happily for everyone connected with it. It is beautiful, charming and - although it sounds strang...

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

In seven pages the way local color is used by the authors in such short stories as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's 'The New England Nun,...

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

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...

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

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...

but will not be arriving soon. The wife, existing in a space with her children, is happy for this news for she and her children ar...

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

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...

page of fax.) Likewise, Teresa de Laurentis argues that Edna, in rejecting the "biological" definition of the feminine gender, al...

or that this story is only a thinly veiled platform for womens suffrage. This story is not just about a womens coming of age or co...

In five pages this paper applies Nietzsche's Existentialism to an analysis of exile in The Awakening by Kate Chopin and A Streetca...

In five pages this paper discusses what is meant by flight symbolism in this thematic analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. T...

the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...

his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch she lay upon. Her firm, elastic flesh that w...

In five pages this paper discusses how in this short story Kate Chopin depicts sexuality as a force of nature rather than as a pas...

In seven pages the ways in which the author develops the theme through character conflict are discussed. There are 3 sources in t...

novel The Awakening provides insight into the marriages of Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. Examination of these m...

person aside from being mothers and wives. In the following paper we examine the symbolic nature of the sea in Chopins book, illus...

it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...

In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...

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

whom she falls in love, but she begins to branch out and experience life on her own terms, focusing on her own desires. She learns...

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

at the piano" but it may well have been the "first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an im...

and traumatic childhood (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna longs for some sort of meaning and transcendence in her life. In Mademoise...