YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Bronx Primitive by Kate Simon
Essays 271 - 300
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of perspective, setting, tone, style, and symbolism. Seven sources are cited ...
was a Louisiana wife steeped in the traditions of the plantation South. She married prosperous Leonce Pontellier so that she coul...
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...
In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...
the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...
population of the resort is almost entirely Creole, so Edna is immersed in a culture in which she feels like a stranger, one that ...
says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...
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...
These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...
In eight pages the twenty first century perspective is applied to this novel first published in 1899 in order to determine its mes...
In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...
"No dogs," the preacher said. "Weve talked about this before. You dont need a dog." "I know it," I said. "I know I dont need a do...
A slightly different perspective on family life is offered in Joyces Eveline. Here, the protagonist is not only...
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...
it all. Having been left a widow six years before with eight children and a heavily involved estate, she managed so well that she ...
women at the time, including women writers such as Chopin (Levy 242). Structure The structure of Chopins short story "The Story o...
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...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...
but had no clue how to engage in interpersonal relationships with members of the opposite sex. For him, the Bible was a way for h...
the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...
felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...
were twittering in the eaves"(Chopin). The other indication that she will be experiencing an ambivalence toward his death is...
AS the novel develops and Edna works towards finding meaning and creative expression in her life she attempts painting which does ...
a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...
ways, but at the same time there are serious hints about her controlled and adequately "mature" life. In many ways the reader can ...
that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...
(Chopin). This image clearly drives home the fact that the heart was a symbol, a symbol of her confinement and of her hope. The he...