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It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

down, there was no living thing in sight" indicates a sort of foreboding as well, an indication that life ended here, in the water...

after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...

lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation...The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace" (C...

freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...

one dies alone is something that is realized here. In the end, Edna commits the ultimate act. No one can die with another human be...

according to Wolff, cannot find a "partner or audience with whom to build her new story" and she is unable to build one all by her...

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...

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...

life would be long with sunny days and happiness. This reluctant joy at a husbands death could be considered even more of...

content nor particularly happy with her lot in life. She brags to her husband and it is obvious that she could best him in almost...

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

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

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

In five pages this paper discusses what is meant by flight symbolism in this thematic analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. T...

In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...

freedom is conveyed in The Awakening. Edna yearned to be free but she lived in a society where she felt a prisoner. She could not ...

In five pages this paper applies Nietzsche's Existentialism to an analysis of exile in The Awakening by Kate Chopin and A Streetca...

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...

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...

or that this story is only a thinly veiled platform for womens suffrage. This story is not just about a womens coming of age or co...

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....

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

for fleeting moments of pleasure with Robert Lebrun, Ednas longing for love remained unfulfilled. One defining even occurred when...

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

In four pages The Awakening by Kate Chopin is analyzed in terms of the roles of freedom and escapism. Four sources are cited in t...

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

In six pages this paper discusses the theme of women's subjugation and how it impacts upon the relationships portrayed in The Awak...