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    The Awakening “The only person you will ever have to lean on for the rest of your life is you.” -Anonymous Everyone at some point feels loneliness and it is when we are lonely that we truly discover ourselves. The title of Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening is appropriate and foreshadowing of the protagonist’s journey into self-discovery. Edna Pontellier is forced into self-discovery when she finds herself in solitude throughout the novel. Edna’s husband‚ children‚ friends and lovers are scarce

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    In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ the gender role of Edna Pontellier who is portrayed as a wife and a mother is unacceptable in the nineteenth century. She played her role as a mother and wife in a negative image of the women in this century. The view towards women in the nineteenth century is viewed differently from today. Women in the nineteenth century basically perceived themselves as a property to their husbands. Women in this era had little to no rights and were merely seen nothing

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    The Irony of life and death in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” which is a very short story is infused with an immense amount of irony and foreshadowing that somehow hints to the ending of the story before you even get to the first paragraphs end. The main character Mrs. Mallard has a deeply inflicted heart of being the oppressed subject of her husband’s wrath that ironically takes her life at the end of the story. After reading the short story many times

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    Clayton Gordon 7th Hour AP Lit In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening‚Edna’s suicide was the best thing she could do because it was her escape from reality. When the narrator sounds to start like Edna at the end‚ this allows us to have sympathy and side with Edna in almost all situations. Chopin draws many similarities with Edna but only when Chopin is in her ideal world. We know this because Chopin actually says‚ “Perhaps it is better to wake up after all‚ even to suffer‚ rather than to remain

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    Lauren Ehlers Dr. St. John English 102 March 25‚ 2011 Marriage; a road to imprisonment Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour‚” and Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” present similar plots about two wives who have grown to feel imprisoned in their own marriages. “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” focuses on a woman who feels so entrapped in her own marriage that she begins to feel this type of isolation and imprisonment all around her. She begins to feel as though the room‚ in which she is being forced

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    significant other were to pass away? Most of the times the death of someone close is never a good thing‚ most people’s reactions would be the feeling of sadness‚ shock or denial that such tragedy has happened. In the short story “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin the character Louise Mallard’s has received the news that her husband has died in a railroad accident‚ the news was told to her in a gently manner due to her heart condition. Mrs. Mallard’s initial reaction to the death of her husband was the feeling

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    actions cause the reader to cogitate a hidden meaning weaved into Kate‘s short story. Chopin had an idea that women felt confined in their marriages‚ and the idea is brought out through the protagonist’s initial reaction‚ excessive joy‚ and new perspective of the world following the upsetting news. The first example of the theme arises when the protagonist “wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment” (Chopin 1); Mrs. Mallard is showing that she is complacent to her marriage. Her reaction‚ to the

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    Intertextual Synthesis Essay Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ centers around the theme of discovering oneself. The book shows readers the world of Edna Pontellier and gives them a window into her numerous insecurities and hesitations. Throughout the book‚ Edna attempts to become the opposite of the stereotypical women of her time. She chooses to be herself instead of the socially acceptable role she is expected to be. Additionally‚ Natasha Tretheway’s poem “Domestic Work” and Bobby Coles’ poem

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    Symbols and Settings in The Awakening and White Oleander Kate Chopin’s classic The Awakening and Janet Fitch’s modern tale of White Oleander‚ though set many years apart‚ share some of the same elements of fiction. Each possesses several key settings that are both recurring and prominent places in the stories. Much of the story takes place within these settings‚ making it easy for the audience to pick up on their distinction. Both stories also contain numerous symbols that help to convey the

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    man. Edna oscillates between the two identities until she awakens to the fact that she needs to be an individual‚ but encounters the resistance of society’s standards to her desire. Kate Chopin carefully‚ though subtly‚ establishes that Edna does not neglect her children‚ but only her mother-woman image. Chopin portrays this idea by telling the reader "…Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The mother-woman seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle". Edna tries on one occasion to explain

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