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    century novella The Awakening? Most analyses of the protagonist‚ Edna Pontellier‚ explain the newly emerged awareness and struggle against the societal forces that repress her. However‚ they ignore the weaknesses in Edna that prevented her from achieving the personal autonomy that she glimpsed during her periods of "awakening". Kate Chopin chooses to have Edna take a "final swim" as evidence of her absolute defeat as an insightful study of the limitations that prevent any woman from achieving the

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    The Awakening 1. What features make The Awakening a "local color" story?  The features that make it a “local color” story are the ways that the lives of the characters is depicted. The story makes it seem as though everyone knows each other‚ almost as if it is a very small town. 2. What customs and beliefs of Edna Pontellier’s society are significant in relation to her psychological development? The customs and beliefs in her society are significant to her psychological behavior

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    During “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin‚ women were viewed as the property of their husbands and possessed very little influence in society; responsible for keeping their house in prime condition‚ doting over their children‚ and being the perfect well-behaved housewives. In the time period in which the book was written; the end of the 19th century‚ the upper-class women were expected to be unemployed and were not allowed to vote; if they were to go outside of societal norms they were looked at with

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    Crystal Aird English Literture Perspective from Inner Windows This story is about a young lady named Phyllis who moved from Exuma to Nassau . Cheryl Albury presents an attractive‚ successful man to the audience by the name of Aubrey. He was privileged to work amongst the Caucasian guests who went to visit the Bahamas. During this time‚ he encountered a captivating yet bewitching female by the name of Alicia Corning. He was mesmerized in a rapture of sensual confinement. Mrs. Corning knew the affect

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    he is exposed to on a regular basis. Lastly‚ an example of Bender demonstrating intrinsic reinforcement was when he gave himself up in order for everyone else to get back to the library safe. This gave him the satisfaction of saving everyone else from harms way and fueled his pride and satisfaction in that he felt he did something good for others. All in all Bandura would say that Bender’s actions were a result of his dad modeling behavior and the sense of self pride and satisfaction.

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    Rubby Caicedo Prof. Alexandra Alessandri ENC 1102 April 5‚ 2013 Critical Analysis of From Eat‚ Pray‚ Love This excerpt of From Eat‚ Pray‚ Love talks about the relationship between Gilbert and his sister Catherine whit a variety of descriptions. It has descriptions of places when we describe Rome and its most representative historical places. Also makes descriptions of ordinary things or activities when told‚ for example‚ the game she was playing with his friends in Rome(400). In this excerpt

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    1. What features make The Awakening a "local color" story? 2. What customs and beliefs of Edna Pontellier’s society are significant in relation to her psychological development? 3. What attitudes and tendencies in the Creole characters does Edna have trouble adjusting to? 4. Why did Edna marry Leonce? Is he the model husband? 5. What incidents in the novel reveal that he may not be a good husband for Edna? 6. How do Mlle. Reisz and Mme. Ratignolle function in relation to Edna and the novel’s

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    LESSON PLAN: CRITICAL AND RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE Walden University Instructor: Bernice Gregory Class: The Beginning Reader: PreK- 3 EDUC-6706R-1 February 16‚ 2014   LESSON PLAN: CRITICAL AND RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE In this lesson‚ I focused on Jace‚ the second grader. I was able to hold a small group lesson in her classroom so that I could be able to assess her literacy ability first hand when it comes to critical and response perspectives. I learned of the idea of a tea party

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    pattern‚ part of strategy to self-consciously halt further social communication. This barrier happens because one of the parties becomes ‘strange’ and cannot communicate (354). Shame is consuming and Tomkins recognizes that shame and pride play a critical role to understand how human beings are motivated to act the way we do. A person is motivated enough to surrender or expose themselves in order to resist shame. Why is shame taken personally? Considered as ‘sickness within the self’ when one feels

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    The Awakening Essay There is nothing that Edna Pontellier wants more than to be unbounded and free from society’s expectation of women. In “The Awakening”‚ Kate Chopin clearly exhibits her personal stance on women’s roles through the main character. The characterization of Edna allows her personal passion to alter her personality and make several prominent changes to her lifestyle. To start things off‚ it is unmistakable that Edna was not a conventional woman. Even from early on in the

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