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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...

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...

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

In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...

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

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

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the author portrays the lacking maternal instincts of protagonist Edna Pontelli...

than matron, she needed to attach a descriptive label to herself which belonged to her alone, and to no one else. It becomes evid...

Both works focus on an important racial figure as a primary element in the development of the plot. The relationship between Huck...

("Master"). It is also believed by scholars that the extensive biblical cycle contained in the Rohan Hours is based on the Bible m...

housebound in Los Angeles in 1949. Sally has learned that she is pregnant again, and gives herself the time to read Virginia Wool...

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

is now, so her meekness is both infuriating and false. Then we have the prince, who falls in love with her at the ball because s...

This 9 page paper gives an explanation of how the timeless ideal of marriage is not real and how The Dead and The Story of an Hour...

This 6 page paper discusses the literary works and reputation of Kate Chopin, with emphasis on “The Awakening.” Bibliography lists...

themselves aloof until the conditions of their acquiescence are met through achieving an understanding with the men who occupy the...

Awakening: Marriage and Independence In Kate Chopins controversial novel The Awakening, which was first published in 1899, the n...

This essay is made-up of eleven mini-essays, which all offer explanation of a quote taken from great works of literature by Virgin...

well into adulthood. However, Lorber points out, "Individual actions construct social institutions and therefore... changes in in...

not thinking of his words, only drinking in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him...

changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable t...

slave, she was not fortunate enough to belong to the middle class and to have the social connections that come along with that cla...

an awareness of who she is and wants to be. The unfortunate thing about this discovery is that society and her husband stand as ma...

feel "normal" she simply goes about her day. There is an air of loneliness, despair and isolation, which would make any individual...

be there. They, as individuals, come second when they have a husband and a family. Even in todays society where a woman can be suc...

contention that it was in the 1890s when social change would be rampant and that this change would be reflected time and time agai...

his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage" (Chopin 2). Women - wives, rather -...

unworthy, because he is not sexually active, something that truly defines a man. In essence, the two, Jake and Brett, have a ve...

for the homeless boy. This novel has garnered severe criticism in recent decades because Twain makes use of nineteenth century la...

there are at least servants that are black, if not actual slaves. This would indicate, for the most part, that the setting is the ...