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

one could present. In Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper her story, which is fictional, is actually based largely on her own experienc...

down, there was no living thing in sight" indicates a sort of foreboding as well, an indication that life ended here, in the water...

after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...

It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation...The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace" (C...

background. Chopin does not relate a great deal about Ednas early life, but what she does indicate is extremely revealing, as the ...

Awakening: Marriage and Independence In Kate Chopins controversial novel The Awakening, which was first published in 1899, the n...

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...

This paper examines how Joseph Heller's Catch 22 reflects the concepts featured in Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Ralph Ellison's In...

undying life of the world" (Chopin PG). Chopins message of forbidden feminine desire is indicative of the prolific writers...

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

In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...

In eight pages this paper considers how Kate Chopin portrayed the evolving role of women in her protagonist Edna Pontellier in The...

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

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

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 ...

freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...

such endeavors she discovers that this is not the case. She tries to escape through passion, but finds that she is still a woman i...

unworthy, because he is not sexually active, something that truly defines a man. In essence, the two, Jake and Brett, have a ve...

In six pages the development of Kate Chopin's protagonist Edna is discussed. Three other sources are listed in the bibliography....

Iin five pages this paper examines Edna before and after marriage, considers her 'awakening' and conflict and also incorporates fe...

why they cost the state so much money. If mothers have the babies, and continue to use drugs, these babies who need additional att...

throughout the text. In presenting another way of examining these perspectives, we present the words of Drucker who states that...

Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles...There were only Creoles that s...

This paper examines gender roles in literature in this overview of five pages that discusses how they are represented in The Awake...

of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...

This paper discusses and analyses a short story. An alternative ending is written for the story. The writer discusses the main the...

otherworldly and immovable. She is not a fully functioning human being. Louise Mallard is also damaged, but her weakness is physi...

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