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but he cant precisely put his finger on the problem either. She is lovely and gracious; she certainly doesnt abuse the children or...

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

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 six pages this essay offers a critique of the once scandalous novel of the late nineteenth century. Five sources are cited in ...

while maintaining a safe distance so no one is compromised. All the characters enjoy considerable affluence and leisure. None of...

In five pages the significance of Edna to the novella by Kate Chopin and how she symbolically represents Victorian women's desire ...

In four pages this essay discusses Kate Chopin's novella in terms of how the protagonist develops throughout. There are 2 other s...

In two pages this paper discusses the character's true self understanding and how it evolves throughout the course of the novella ...

In six pages this paper discusses the author's creation of the 'Other' soul as a way of expressing Creole political issues and how...

In nine pages this research paper compares these two works in terms of how they represent free will and determinism philosophies. ...

In six pages Emerson's influence in terms of one's self authority is considered as it is reflected in the protagonist of Edna Pont...

children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministe...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

believed that "Authority, coercion are what is needed" as the "only way to manage a wife," and seemed unaware that the may have "c...

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

AS the novel develops and Edna works towards finding meaning and creative expression in her life she attempts painting which does ...

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

feel "normal" she simply goes about her day. There is an air of loneliness, despair and isolation, which would make any individual...

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 ...

shocked the public because the protagonist, Edna Pontellier differed dramatically from the prescribed gender role for white women ...

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

was a woman who was independent, has affairs, leaves her husband, isnt interested in being the sole person responsible for the upb...

outside of this reality. Prior to focusing on these elements within the story it is imperative that a person understand the Vict...

intuitive sense of a subject, but keep it to himself for fear of being made to feel "girly"-intuition is after all supposedly conf...