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of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
In five pages this paper examines how Kate Chopin depicts marriage in the short stories 'The Storm,' 'Story of an Hour' and 'Ripe ...
In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...
In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...
accident in 1855. According to biographer Emily Toth, subsequent photographs of Katherine OFlaherty Chopin reveal an individual t...
until it breaks. This inner storm mirrors the outer storm which brings Calixta and Alcee together. "When he touched her breasts t...
makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...
and traumatic childhood (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna longs for some sort of meaning and transcendence in her life. In Mademoise...
In seven pages the ways in which the author develops the theme through character conflict are discussed. There are 3 sources in t...
than matron, she needed to attach a descriptive label to herself which belonged to her alone, and to no one else. It becomes evid...
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...
Both works focus on an important racial figure as a primary element in the development of the plot. The relationship between Huck...
In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the author portrays the lacking maternal instincts of protagonist Edna Pontelli...
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...
incredibly natural and part of the environment so to speak. Or, as Zimmerman states, "If observation from nature imprints upon his...
A slightly different perspective on family life is offered in Joyces Eveline. Here, the protagonist is not only...
but had no clue how to engage in interpersonal relationships with members of the opposite sex. For him, the Bible was a way for h...
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...
Myop finds herself in a "gloomy" little cove. This striking change in imagery foreshadows Myops discovery of a decomposing body. ...
fated to her status in life" (Lombardi). It is a moralistic fable written in the tradition of the ancient Greeks in which the her...
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...
She was viciously attacked for her frank depiction of a woman who broke her marriage vows, despite the fact that the book is a psy...
novel The Awakening provides insight into the marriages of Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. Examination of these m...
sense of awe and wonder at the complex beauty of the music. The classical music of Beethoven blends the varied textures of the o...
Chinese culture recognized womens inherent value. This is not to say, however, that women - even at their most esteemed positions...
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...
comes to bail him out is tied to a tree in the jails courtyard and tortured; finally the ordeal ends when Mr. Chiu signs a false c...
In many ways, as the story progresses, the reader essentially forgets her heart condition. But, if one keeps this in mind one can ...