Kate Chopin Individualism

Kate Chopin, a writer for women’s rights The stories presented by Kate Chopin, the late 19th-century writer who wrote the famous story The Awakening depicted the life of women in the 19th century.Chopin wrote about how women were feeling enslaved by the idea of having to be accepted by society.For example, she writes that women were expected to be mothers but who as well as had a longing for freedom from the grasp of a man’s world. Kate Chopin's most prominent message in her stories is this quest to fulfill the desires that a person has such as freedom, individualism, and family.
In Chopin’s story, “A Pair of Silk Stocking” we see the idea of motherly character escaping that role to express her individuality. Shown when Chopin sets the story
A statement Chopin made clear when she used the phrase “ Desiree's face became suffused with a glow that was happiness itself ”(194) A sign of Desiree desire to be a mother. Chopin wants to use a character that embodies traditional women like in female literature of the past. An example of such characters seen in “ Historicizing Domesticity: The Impact Of Women ‘s Rights Movement” shown in the sentence “Uncle Tom’s cabin (1852) offer a familiar case study for line of reasoning.Female character such as Eva , Mrs. Bird Halliday … these women seem content with their roles”(Marc Egnal 5). Desiree is an example of a traditional woman used to show the weakness of marriage. Seen when Desiree’s husband does not want to be with her because of their baby not being white. “ In silence he ran his cold eyes over the written words. He said nothing. ‘ shall go I go Armand ‘she asked in tones shaped with agonized suspense ‘yes go’ ‘Do you want me to go ‘Yes, I want you to go .’”(197).Such a horrible thing Desiree’s greatest wish was to be a mother, yet she denied that request by the man she loved proving how shallow and cruel marriage can be.We see that in Desiree is a representation of Chopin style of writing where individuals trapped in impersonal relationships bound by the conventions of their respective cultures Something readers can see in the situation the protagonist had to face
Her main character 28-year-old Edna Pontellier embodies the spirit of all Chopin's other main character in her stories. We see Mrs. Sommer in Mrs. Pontellier in her love of finer things prove by these sentence “A few days later a box arrived for Mrs. Pontellier from New Orleans. It was from her husband ...- the finest of fruits, pates, a rare bottle or two, delicious syrups and bonbons in abundance” (9). They both hold these sense of wanting a life of luxury. We also see Mrs. Mallard in Mrs. Pontellier “When do you go to the ‘pigeon house’”(95). Here the audience can see that Edna Pontellier had received her freedom, but unlike Mrs. Mallard, she gained her freedom through the man she loved named Robert a wealthy white male. Now Edna Pontellier is trying to find her way through the guidance of two women in her life.One such woman is Madame Ratignolle who represent the Enda want to be a mother and Madame Ratignolle see Enda like one of her children.Shown in this sentence “In some way you seem to me like a child, Enda. You seem to act without a certain amount of reflection which is necessary in this life”(106).Madame Ratignolle sees Enda like a child in that she acts on an impulse.Something that is appears in Enda in her actions after gaining her freedom. Show when she has an affair with a man just because she wanted to; when Chopin wrote: “when he leaned forward and kissed her, she clasped his head,