YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Themes in The Awakening
Essays 181 - 210
than matron, she needed to attach a descriptive label to herself which belonged to her alone, and to no one else. It becomes evid...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...
of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...
true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...
play, wants this to the exclusion of reality. At the beginning of the play it becomes apparent that Willy is in trouble. Suffering...
Ramsays family is more materially oriented than spiritually. The religious/spiritual side of life is represented by Mary Dempster...
Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...
In four pages this paper examines how underdog candidates became very popular due to the themes and messages of their campaigns du...
Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...
antagonist, Count Dracula that encompasses both sexuality and perversity. In the oft-analyzed Chapter III, the unconscious Harker...
break his heart. What do you play, boy? asked Estella of myself, with the greatest disdain. Nothing but beggar my neighbour, miss....
The reason Koestler has given these injuries to the man who once led the revolution is that he is now aged, useless, and must serv...
In a paper consisting of four pages the corruption that had penetrated all aspectes of life during the Dark Ages are reflected in ...