YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Female Protagonists in Chopin Wharton and Gilman
Essays 241 - 270
In six pages the deceptiveness of appearances is examined in a consideration of the journeys each of these short story protagonist...
of this play, we find Ibsens comments for what he called his "modern-day tragedy," He says, "There are two kinds of moral law, tw...
Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...
they frown and give me one last chance to redeem myself. If I dont know who, do I at least know how many? By that time I cant deci...
Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles...There were only Creoles that s...
him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...
concerned that he cant get up and go to work to support his family. Even from the start, he does not want to be a burden on his fa...
In ten pages Chopin's stories 'Desiree's Baby,' 'The Story of an Hour,' and 'A Respectable Woman' are examined in terms of their t...
falls in love with the young Robert LeBrun and befriends the old pianist Mademoiselle Reisz, whose music arouses in Edna "the very...
In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...
those around her surely believe that she loves her husband and is grieved by the news. The characters slowly approach her, planni...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...
However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...
throughout the text. In presenting another way of examining these perspectives, we present the words of Drucker who states that...
relationship between Gilmans story and the reality of late-nineteenth century life for American women. Shortly after the America...
the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...
her husbands life seems threatened Nora does the right thing by forging her fathers name and getting money to assist her husband. ...
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
up and down the keyboard and accompaniments vary from simple chords to arpeggios that span all possibilities (Pniewski, 1999). O...
reactions and evolution are rooted in the desire for individuality, which represents to Huck Finn and to Mark Twain, saying and do...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
to civilisation? Probably not. We can, therefore, only speculate as to whether or not McChandless might have seen his death as mer...
She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
seen in literature of her time, but clearly something that existed in the real world. She was fortunate to have married a man w...
(I.iii.118). Banquo replies with a warning. He tells Macbeth that "instruments of darkness" frequently tell the truth in order to ...
they are poor because they have no luck. Paul, being a small child, thinks that luck is a tangible object to be found, obtained or...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
whetted it for a more impressive title. It was a seemingly innocuous meeting with a trio of witches that would sow the seeds of M...