YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Themes in The Awakening
Essays 181 - 210
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...
In 6 pages this paper proposes an alternative ending to this feminist novel in which Edna Pontellier does not commit suicide and i...
children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministe...
courted by Frederick Forsyth Winterbourne. Winterbourne is also an American. Daisy has a friendship with an Italian man. Becaus...
In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...
was a Louisiana wife steeped in the traditions of the plantation South. She married prosperous Leonce Pontellier so that she coul...
In six pages the development of Kate Chopin's protagonist Edna is discussed. Three other sources are listed in the bibliography....
In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...
A 5 page essay exploring the book by Kate Chopin. 1 source....
In eight pages the twenty first century perspective is applied to this novel first published in 1899 in order to determine its mes...
Acting out her intimate desires may have given her a moments retreat from what she so seeks to leave behind, yet the overall effec...
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 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...
the female gender could be perceived within the myriad components of existence, the early feminist movement served to establish a ...
person aside from being mothers and wives. In the following paper we examine the symbolic nature of the sea in Chopins book, illus...
is reflected in The Awakening. No woman could have any greater calling than to be a good wife and mother. In fact, that was the ...
An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...
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 a paper consisting of four pages the corruption that had penetrated all aspectes of life during the Dark Ages are reflected in ...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
pains and sees the sadness and realities around him, urging him into a state of despair. In the end there is an understanding t...
sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same time knowing that she a...
for the best. Soon, however, a sudden sense of calm overcomes her as she whispers "free, free, free" (Chopin PG). Mrs. Mal...
crop up in bits and pieces, in a haphazard fashion. He will start stories and then abandon them before reaching a conclusion, on...
Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...
beneath, the concept of such themes will satisfy most readers and explicators of fiction, there may be hidden, deeper meanings in ...
William Blake writes somberly: O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has foun...
a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility" (42). As this suggests, an ...
see the beauty in one who does not like reality, while Walkers story offers up, in many ways, a negative look at one who is not wi...
situation that is changing at that time. Bono asserts that times have changed and Troy just came along "too early." To which, Troy...