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In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...

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

In twelve pages this research paper presents the argument that a greater appreciation of Hurston's classic novel can be acquired t...

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

In a paper consisting of two pages this paper discusses how the action of this novel by Zora Neale Hurston is propelled by the pro...

In six pages this paper examines the importance of imagery and symbolism in Hurston's 1937 classic novel. Six sources are cited i...

the text of the pamphlet by Sean Wilentz, the chief aim of Walkers Appeal was to inspire American blacks "with a vision of hope an...

Hurstons perspective of womanhood as a journey toward self discovery and ultimate independence. The student researching this top...

I believe that Hurston was attempting to expose the scope of the racism problem through the character of Janie, as well as the str...

that never completely heals. She was humiliated by her slave master, who raped her, impregnated her, and beaten by his wife who t...

who can take care of her and so Janie is married unhappily to a man named Logan Killicks. In Chapter Four, it is easy to see that ...

her story, she shares that her grandmother, a very strict woman and set in her ways, decides that Janie should be married off to s...

modest eyes" (Hardy, 2002). As this suggests, Sue was highly conflicted over gender roles from the time she was first aware them. ...

provide Janie with financial security. Many women, less independent than Janie, would suffer and endure. Janie leaves with another...

observation. The pear tree is a very powerful teacher for Janie. "Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in ...

dialect, plain speaking, and easily conversational (Bloom 95). The subject of local gossips whispers, the thrice-married Janie co...

intelligent. She is made to remain aloof from all people in this relationship. The buzzards at this point could well be related to...

to have such a crowd enjoying themselves in her house; its apparent that she enjoys it. We know because she says that shes sorry ...

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

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

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

In five pages 19th century marriage and the woman's role within it are examined in a comparison of Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an ...

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

expected to appear in the public sphere, being confined to the household, Blundell notes that they do appear in the artwork and li...

Killicks, an much older, but a very successful man. For Janies grandmother, freedom equates with having the financial security to ...

is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...

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

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

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

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