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    Women & Marriage The Causes & Effects Women are confusing‚ complicated‚ and they can stress you out sometimes. On the other hand‚ they can make your entire day better whether it is a smile‚ hug‚ or just to give you extra support in life. That brings up the topic of marriage and for what reasons women ever think of getting married. The word marriage can be misinterpreted‚ and thought about very differently depending on your culture. Marriage in the eyes of most Americans is to represent

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    Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ in the year 1850. As she grew older‚ she got married; and moved to New Orleans. (Clark‚ 2016). Over the years‚ Chopin and her husband raised six children. (Clark‚ 2016). Years later‚ after her husband passed away in 1882‚ she decided to move back to her hometown. (Clark‚ 2016). There‚ a family friend encouraged her to begin writing. Kate took the idea and ran with it. She chose to write fictional novels; and by doing so‚ she became very successful. Chopin

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    Marriage. The American dream is to get married and start a family because of this‚ everyone interprets marriage as a happy concept. This word brings many thoughts to a person’s mind‚ and is the majority of it negative? No‚ it is almost always positive. While everyone thinks marriage is happy‚ Kate Chopin disagrees. In her story‚ “The Story of an Hour‚” Mrs. Mallard discovers that her husband died in an accident. After Mrs. Mallard has cried about her husband’s death‚ she realized that she was free

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    In “Desiree’s Baby‚” Armand answered to Desiree’s question as the following “It means… that the child is not white; it means that you are not white.” (Chopin 1075) In the story‚ Armand is introduced as a slave holder‚ but he is shown to be generous and kind to his slaves. This is proven to be false‚ as Armand is only a generous slave holder due to the joy of having a child with his wife. He soon sees‚

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    opportunity to take a close look at our hidden "self.""The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin reflects the dramatic development process of Mrs.Mallard’s character through the death of her husband; it demonstrates that the true identity cannot be sheltered forever. At the beginning of the story‚ the author describes Mrs.Mallard as a woman having the distinctive trait of self-assertion which is constrained by her marriage. She seems to be the "victim" of an overbearing but occasionally loving husband

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    The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin can be looked through the Historical lens. When reading this story you must understand Mrs. Mallards position as a character for the time period. In the late 1900’s women were seen most valuable for having children and for being there to pleasure and please their husbands. It was absurd for women to leave their husbands during the time because it would be nearly impossible for them to find work and support themselves. This means that even if Mrs

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    race? How important is it if you’re mixed? In the work “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin you will go through the story of a baby who’s race is of great controversy among many people. That baby will even get his mother kicked out from her husband’s house. Throughout the book‚ Kate Chopin uses literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense to make the story interesting and to keep her readers captivated. Kate Chopin uses foreshadowing to tantalize the readers and make them interesting in what

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    Kate Chopin has a way of inspiring us all from her exhilarating book‚ The Awakening. She related her own life to the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ who is married to her husband‚ Leonce‚ along with her two children. Even though families were particularly arranged during this time‚ this wasn’t the life that Edna was wishing to pursue. She was constantly looking for something more by going beyond the boundaries of the rules of society. Throughout the novel‚ she discovered an “awakening” in herself

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    In the short story “The Storm” by Kate Chopin‚ Alcee represents the real storm itself. Alcee is a male character in the short story “The Storm”‚ he is a cheater and a lier.Alcee cheats on his wife and lies to her. This ends up affecting all the characters. How Kate Chopin wrote the story how one thing leads to another and how the story is wrote in different parts makes the story confusing but it pulls everything together so by the end the reader understand what has just happened. Also how Calixta

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    Kate Chopin’s short story “Desiree’s Baby” condemns the character and social flaws that lead to the destruction of a once-happy family. In the short story‚ Kate Chopin portrayed the character Armand to be prideful and have impetuous actions‚ thus leading to the demolishing of a once joyful family. Chopin shows Armand’s impulsive actions in the beginning when Armand falls in love with Desiree saying‚ “ The passion awoke in that day‚ when he saw her at the gate‚ swept along like an avalanche‚ or like

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