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    Living in a Man’s’ World Kate Chopin is an outstandingly creative writer who brilliantly writes so that even if someone is not the strongest reader‚ they will still get a compelling story; but if they are a strong reader‚ they’ll go further by receiving the true meaning behind her wit and intelligent writing styles. Chopin is great about letting readers scratch the surface of a topic that needs to be brought to attention and then just exploits the details by placing wordage exactly where it needs

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    trying to convey their own personal stance on an issue by using irony. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble‚ great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (Chopin 307). “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin begins as bluntly as it ends. The reader knows

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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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    throughout the course of the period‚ and female liberties and rights were seldom. Kate Chopin‚ an American author‚ created the novella to depict the habitual lifestyle of Victorian women. Given the time of publication‚ one could dispute the condemnation of the novella as a result of its central concept: feminism. In recent years‚ however‚ a plethora of people eulogize Chopin for her eloquent depiction of women’s lives. Chopin employs characterization‚ symbolism‚ and allegory to reveal maiden roles in the

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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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    of ’The Locket’ by Kate Chopin was predictable because there were elements in the story that hinted to the ending. First‚ the atmosphere of spring and life created a sense of happiness. Second‚ the Judge told Octavie that Edmond might come back. Finally‚ everyone except Edmond knew whom stole the locket. These three things gave the ending away. In ’The locket’‚ Octavie is upset when she hears her fiance has died. At the end we find out that her fiance ‚ Edmond is still alive and the locket was stolen

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