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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...

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

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...

of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

white masters raped their black female slaves and as such many of those females gave birth to interracial children who were slaves...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses how Kate Chopin portrayed female sexuality in her short story 'The Storm.' There are no other ...

studying the nature outside the window, and begins to allow us to see that she is experiencing something far more profound and far...

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,...

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

it is in a few words: "The sun was risen above the frost mists now, so keen and hard a glitter on the snow that instead of warmth ...

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

"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

In five pages this paper examines how Kate Chopin depicts marriage in the short stories 'The Storm,' 'Story of an Hour' and 'Ripe ...

honesty, no such thing for anyone. She seeks happiness in many avenues of pursuit but she may well be unrealistic in all she pursu...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

those around her surely believe that she loves her husband and is grieved by the news. The characters slowly approach her, planni...

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

In six pages this paper compares this short story's major themes with the life of Kate Chopin. Nine sources are cited in the bibl...

This paper examines how women's sexuality, divorce, and miscegenation are addressed by Kate Chopin in this trio of short stories i...

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

grows a bit fearful. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully...she felt it, creeping out of the s...

her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...

The Awakening is a brilliant study of a womans gradual realization of how stifling her life is, and what happens when she refuses ...

52). Close examination of "Story of an Hour" reveals the manner of Louise Mallards death, i.e., murder, and also the message that ...