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was a Louisiana wife steeped in the traditions of the plantation South. She married prosperous Leonce Pontellier so that she coul...

courted by Frederick Forsyth Winterbourne. Winterbourne is also an American. Daisy has a friendship with an Italian man. Becaus...

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

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

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 this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

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

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

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

until it breaks. This inner storm mirrors the outer storm which brings Calixta and Alcee together. "When he touched her breasts t...

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

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...

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

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 ...

publicly punished for it, while no one ever learns of Ednas adultery. There are those who have their suspicions, but she is carefu...

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

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

her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...

grows a bit fearful. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully...she felt it, creeping out of the s...

the end, of her heart and a possible "condition" and so the reader may well dismiss this fact in a first reading. But, at the same...

in society, regardless of time. In the time period of Chopins work one assumes it takes place towards the end of the 19th century...

dies "of heart disease--of the joy that kills" (Chopin). Her position in the story seems to be one of a woman who has simply res...

This essay pertains to "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. The writer presents the argument that the principal point that Chopi...

This essay is on nineteenth century writer Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." The position presented is that this n...

This essay asserts that in order to comprehend the motivation and action portrayed in Kate Chopin's short story "Story of an Hour,...

The Awakening is a brilliant study of a womans gradual realization of how stifling her life is, and what happens when she refuses ...

her and is keeping her emotions and thoughts to herself, never letting them in. In fact the only one who is allowed in is the read...

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