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In four pages this essay discusses Kate Chopin's novella in terms of how the protagonist develops throughout. There are 2 other s...

In two pages this paper discusses the character's true self understanding and how it evolves throughout the course of the novella ...

In six pages this paper discusses the author's creation of the 'Other' soul as a way of expressing Creole political issues and how...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

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

is reflected in The Awakening. No woman could have any greater calling than to be a good wife and mother. In fact, that was the ...

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

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

population of the resort is almost entirely Creole, so Edna is immersed in a culture in which she feels like a stranger, one that ...

drawn eight sets of arms on the figure in her final, unfinished drawing, because she intended to later go in and remove all the se...

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

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

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

with love and tenderness, a place where man and woman awaken each other to share the beauty and brutality of life together in mutu...

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

(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 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 ...

believed that "Authority, coercion are what is needed" as the "only way to manage a wife," and seemed unaware that the may have "c...

feel "normal" she simply goes about her day. There is an air of loneliness, despair and isolation, which would make any individual...

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 ...

On a conscious level, Edna realizes that she can never be like Adele. Therefore, she is also drawn towards Mademoiselle Reisz, who...

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...