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    April‚ 2011 In “Desiree Baby” the writer Kate Chopin creates the image of racial prejudice‚ unequal gender roles and patriarchal society. It is a tragic story which portraits the brutal attitude towards the black people. The writer shows us the barbarous world where an innocent wife faces the cruel side of her husband because the child she gave birth was not white. At the unpleasant ending‚ the story turns into a mournful short story because the husband‚ Armand discovers that he is the reason

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    Kate Chopin lived and died at a time of great social revolution. Surrounding her life was the women’s rights movement. Many female writers during this time discussed their qualms with society through entertaining pieces of fiction. Chopin’s The Awakening is an example of this form of writing; the book is about a woman who seeks sexual fulfillment outside of marriage. Her “The Story of an Hour” is another of her societal analysis pieces. In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin reveals her beliefs about

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    In ‘The Story of an Hour’‚ Kate Chopin creates a character that changes from "a woman afflicted with a heart trouble" to "a goddess of Victory." It is in her own use of language- imagery‚ symbolism‚ and descriptive details- that Chopin illustrates the profound changes in Mrs. Mallard. The plot takes place mainly in the mind of Mrs. Mallard‚ which makes it necessary that the reader understands her personality and where thoughts are derived from. First‚ Mrs. Mallard is described as having "a heart

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    English 2 The Storm Response Journal Kate Chopin’s “the Storm”‚ is a dark story about a quick love affair between former friends while caught up in a storm‚ while their significant others were stranded elsewhere. The story explores Calixta’s dueling relationship with her husband and her lover‚ Alcee. Chopin uses the storm as a metaphor to portray Calixta’s sexual feelings and struggles in regards to her affair. The ongoing mention of the color white symbolizes Calixta’s internal struggle with

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    In Kate Chopin’s short story The Storm‚ the main character is Calixta. Calixta is the wife of Bobinot and the mother of Bibi. When the storm hits‚ Alcee‚ one of Calixta’s ex lovers‚ stops by to get out of the bad weather. As the story develops they reignite some of their old passion for one another but quickly realize after the storm is gone they must part ways. Calixta is a hard working wife and mother and she does her best to keep her house clean and her family happy. She is the most developed

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    SUMMARY ‘’THE KISS’’ KATE CHOPIN In a room with a dimly condition there Brantain sits in a shadow‚ he brave himself to stare the handsome girl who sits in front of firelight. The girl calmly stroked his cat and occasionally stared slowly toward brantain with small talk. She knows if braintain love her‚ she waiting brantain confidently to declare his love and she will certainly accept it. Brantain was enormously rich‚ although he is unattractive but Nathalie like him because his can give her

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    The Awakening‚ which was written by Kate Chopin‚ was about a woman named Edna‚ who discovered her aspiration of what she wanted from life throughout the story. Kate Chopin was considered an advocate for feminism during the 20th Century because of the novels she wrote. The definition of a feminist would be “the doctrine advocating social‚ political‚ and all other rights of women equal to those of men” (Dictionary). The novel was her discovering what her purpose was as an individual‚ but considering

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin contains various themes and symbols all corresponding to the realist style of the piece of literature. “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature” (Chopin). Louise is a very different woman from the start of the short story. From the beginning

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    expecting to meet someone who she would not like. Instead‚ Gouvernail was a man very much unlike what she had expected. In fact‚ she rather liked him when they had first met. In A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin the relationship between Mrs. Baroda and Gouvernail is the focal point of the story. Chopin explores this relationship‚ and eventually leads to the conclusion that in the next meeting between Mrs. Baroda and Gouvernail the relationship between the two will become much more intimate. At their

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    “Desiree’s Baby” The 1800s‚ an era of racial prejudice and discrimination‚ concentrated itself prominently in the southern states. Southern societies lived by the “one-drop rule” where “a person who looks white but has a ‘drop’ of black ‘blood’ is labeled black” (Peel par. 15). In “Desiree’s Baby‚” this strict rule allows Armand Aubigny to betray his family when he discovers their black heritage (but‚ in reality‚ Aubigny has the black heritage). With the era of discrimination as a setting‚ Kate Chopin

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