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

novel The Awakening provides insight into the marriages of Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. Examination of these m...

This 6 page paper discusses the literary works and reputation of Kate Chopin, with emphasis on “The Awakening.” Bibliography lists...

when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...

gently as possible the news of her husbands death" (Chopin). In these two simple descriptions it is very evident that the women ar...

In five pages this research paper examines how Chopin carefully crafted protagonist Edna Pontellier to be the central focus of her...

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

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

the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...

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...

and traumatic childhood (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna longs for some sort of meaning and transcendence in her life. In Mademoise...

feature the vivid natural imagery that characterizes her sensuous and deeply passionate works of Romantic fiction. These storie...

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

than matron, she needed to attach a descriptive label to herself which belonged to her alone, and to no one else. It becomes evid...

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...

In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...

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...

the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

This essay is on Kate Chopin's short story "Desiree's Baby." The writer discusses the plot charter, metaphor and symbolism used by...

(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...

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...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

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...

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...

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