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Throughout history, until very recently, women have been little more than property, things men could do with as they pleased. But...

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

is being raped, the experience evolves into something that is "sensually stimulating, relaxing, and, of course, spiritually illumi...

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 ...

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

seen in literature of her time, but clearly something that existed in the real world. She was fortunate to have married a man w...

and as such women did not have these freedoms at the time the Declaration of Independence was written. Interestingly enough, tod...

may be seen as conflicting. However, the effectiveness of the Act given by the margin of appreciation may be argued to undermine t...

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...

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

by curiosity, I wanted something better" (Chekhov). However, the better life that she imagined did not materialize with her marria...

story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

that he needs some assistance concerning a problem of the younger daughter, Carmen. He claims that someone is trying to blackmail...

In six pages this painting is analyzed in terms of its representations of a woman's sensuous nature and her strength as these qual...

In eight pages the twenty first century perspective is applied to this novel first published in 1899 in order to determine its mes...

In five pages this paper discusses the author's life and writings in a comparison with the short story regarding Alcee and Calixta...

In nine pages this research paper discusses the clown's role in the works of William Shakespeare. Seven sources are cited in the ...

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 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...

In 6 pages this paper proposes an alternative ending to this feminist novel in which Edna Pontellier does not commit suicide and i...

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

of status that is generally given to males by males. Only a woman could speak so clearly to the manner in which woman question th...

Acting out her intimate desires may have given her a moments retreat from what she so seeks to leave behind, yet the overall effec...

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

In 7 pages this paper discusses how the author expressed real life feelings in this short story. Seventeen sources are cited in t...

In six pages this essay offers a critique of the once scandalous novel of the late nineteenth century. Five sources are cited in ...