Spring Awakening Review Naomi Neal October 14‚ 2011 The show Spring Awakening in a nutshell‚ is about a bunch of kids discovering who they are and what they’re bodies are going through. The children all experience sexual fantasies‚ question life‚ rebel‚ and have loads of angst. The play set in a provincial German town in the 1890s‚ deals with incest‚ suicide‚ sex‚ abuse‚ pregnancy‚ and first loves. A really inspiring play that shocked audiences with its audacity when first performed in 1917
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The Awakening‚ Now That’s Ironic! In Chapter 26 of Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor‚ he explains that any great literary work is dripping with irony. At first glance‚ a reader may not see the it‚ but a closer look at a book like Kate Chopin’s The Awakening will make a reader snicker at all the irony that comes to light. In The Awakening‚ the relationship between protagonist‚ Edna‚ and her husband is ironic. As Edna is approaching‚ sunburned‚ he looks at his wife “as one looks at
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believed alcohol was damaging to families‚ resulted in physical abuse‚ poor health‚ and increased poverty. In the 1820s‚ a Temperance Movement was started to encourage Americans to reduce the amount of alcohol that was being consumed. The Second Great Awakening is one cause for the movement. It focused mainly on Christians‚ they wanted our jobs‚ education‚ and family to reflect in good morals. The Industrial Revolution allowed those who worked at home as artisan to be intoxicated while on the job. CITE
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Symbols/Motifs in The Awakening Art: ▪ Art becomes a symbol of both freedom and failure. ▪ A major part of Edna’s initial awakening is her decision to take up painting again‚ and it is partly through the income from the sale of some of her paintings that she is able to abandon her husband’s home and establish her own. ▪ At the same time‚ however‚ there are suggestions that Edna’s art is somehow flawed. When she tries to make a sketch of Madame Ratignolle‚ we are told that the sketch
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stress reliever‚ and to others it may just be something to do for fun. To Edna Pontellier‚ it’s a form of awakening‚ and becoming who she is meant to be. Throughout The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ much of a deeper meaning in the story is revealed though a number of important symbols. The symbolic element of swimming and the sea make the connection between Edna’s world and her eventual awakening more vivid and meaningful for the reader. The sea and swimming symbolize freedom and metaphorical death.
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The documentary ’’The Awakening’’ from ‘Eyes on the prize’ changed some of my beliefs regarding African-American Civil Rights Movement in the United States. I noticed that the black community and the bigots‚ two adverse groups‚ had something in common – Christianity. It was the backbone of their actions. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization. With research‚ I learned that one of their goals is to bring back Protestant values in America. The black Americans‚ Protestants too
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In The Awakening‚ caged birds serve as reminders of Edna’s entrapment and also of the entrapment of Victorian women in general. Madame Lebrun’s parrot and mockingbird represent Edna and Madame Reisz‚ respectively. Like the birds‚ the women’s movements are limited (by society)‚ and they are unable to communicate with the world around them. The novel’s “winged” women may only use their wings to protect and shield‚ never to fly. Edna’s attempts to escape her husband‚ children‚ and society manifest
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Feminism transformation and self-realization in The Awakening Over time‚ the rights of women have been taken great care of and evolved. The feminist movement development made all these progressive changes. This happened in the twentieth century. The reason for this development was both political and social. Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ is the story of one of a woman’s self-expedition to free herself from society anticipation. In the beginning‚ Edna Pontellier is just a subservient wife and
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Ma. Angelica Lagdameo MLS 1-1 Jolina Mae Padolina Ms. Peggy Anne Movie Critique of “Awakenings” Directed by Penny Marshal Based on the Oliver Sacks’ 1973 Awakenings Based on a true story written by Oliver Sacks‚ Awakenings showed the true meaning between love and appreciation of life. It tells about the story about how Oliver Sacks discovered the beneficial effects of the drug L-dopa and administered in catatonic patients who survived the epidemic in 1917-1928. How Oliver Sacks takes
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The Awakening‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ uses symbolism as a major literary technique. Throughout the novel‚ the use of symbols represent meaning that goes beyond what is literally being said. One of the symbols recognized was the vase. As Edna was having a mental breakdown‚ she shattered the vase in a childish manner. This action symbolized throwing away a perfectly good life with a favorable husband because of her defiance of society. After smashing the crystal vase and stomping on her wedding ring
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