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In 6 pages this paper proposes an alternative ending to this feminist novel in which Edna Pontellier does not commit suicide and i...

for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...

of status that is generally given to males by males. Only a woman could speak so clearly to the manner in which woman question th...

This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...

was a Louisiana wife steeped in the traditions of the plantation South. She married prosperous Leonce Pontellier so that she coul...

the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...

population of the resort is almost entirely Creole, so Edna is immersed in a culture in which she feels like a stranger, one that ...

it. Chopin reveals little of Ednas background, but what she does tell the reader is very significant (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna...

age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...

that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...

ways, but at the same time there are serious hints about her controlled and adequately "mature" life. In many ways the reader can ...

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...

is set on Grand Isle in Louisiana and the Gulf plays a large part in the narrative. We learn that Edna is very fond of music and ...

by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...

with love and tenderness, a place where man and woman awaken each other to share the beauty and brutality of life together in mutu...

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

(Chopin Chapter VII). She then meets Robert and her life takes a powerful turn. Not only does she engage in a very passionate a...

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

In eight pages the twenty first century perspective is applied to this novel first published in 1899 in order to determine its mes...

In five pages this research paper examines how Chopin carefully crafted protagonist Edna Pontellier to be the central focus of her...

Acting out her intimate desires may have given her a moments retreat from what she so seeks to leave behind, yet the overall effec...

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

laps at its literary feet (Gide PG). Throughout Colettes The Pure and the Impure, the reader is forced to determine just wh...

Man does indeed have control over his destiny according to a plethora or authors. Evidence of this thesis is put forth in such sh...

In five pages the short stories 'The Catbird Seat' and 'The Unicorn in the Garden' by James Thurber and 'Hihlls Like White Elephan...

quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

as a means of insuring the others immortality than it is an _expression of love. Sonnet 130, however, is to a woman, and the rela...