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    The effects of Nineteenth Century transcendentalism continues to live with us today. Transcendentalism was a reaction to the grim conformity of the era’s rapidly modernizing society. To be transcendentalists was to believe that one could only achieve personal fulfillment and greatness through individuality and refusal to join the herd. Henry David Thoreau was in the vanguard of the transcendentalist movement and advocated a radically contrarian approach to work. At the dawn of the Industrial Age

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    THE AWAKENING The opening scene in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ where the caged parrots kept on repeating a statement‚ actually gives a picture to the reader about the title and the story. This scene‚ when analyzed carefully‚ illustrates how the main character of the play‚ Edna tries to overcome the awakening from the worldly and traditional bondages that she is surrounded with. In this story‚ Edna Pontellier‚ a young married woman experiences an awakening of sexuality within her‚ when

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    Les Lumières were the first actors to play a fundamental role in my interest in the novel’s core value as a social testimony of the human world. In fact‚ studying the French Enlightenment throughout my education was respectively a true turning point and an inspiration for my approach to the novel as being both a major prop for the philosophical search of the self‚ and a potent political tool that contributes in shattering the status quo. In the light of this perception of literature‚ pursuing an

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    she dedicates her boy‚ Samuel‚ to serve at the shrine of Shiloh under Eli the priest. One night‚ the young Samuel heard his name being called at a late hour. However‚ when the young one approached Eli three times‚ the latter responded the first and second time‚ “I did not call you‚ go back to sleep.” Then‚ the third time‚ he perceived clearly what was happening and instructed the young Samuel‚ “Go to sleep‚ and if you are called‚ reply‚ ‘Speak‚ LORD‚ for your servant is listening.’” (1 Sam 3:1-10)

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    The Awakening Feminism has consistently been a major theme of literature throughout history. It has been used as a commentary on the status of women in a given time period‚ or to show how people’s attitudes have changed over time. Feminism in literature can also be used‚ as in the case of The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ as a way to show how individual people‚ especially women can have a positive effect on the world around them. The actions of Edna and Adele Ratignolle in The Awakening are examples

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    Léonce as the prime Trigger in the Case of Edna Pontellier´s Personal Awakening In “The Awakening”‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ Edna Pontellier is the main character‚ who undergoes an awakening from a dependent woman living to the standards of the society to an independent self-aware individual. Through the regular absence of her husband Léonce Pontellier‚ Edna cannot speak with him about her thoughts‚ fears and important scenes in her life. Therefore she remotes herself mentally

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    summer at Grand Isle‚ and while Leonce is on business trips‚ Edna and Robert’s relationship is becoming stronger and Edna has a neglect for her Children. Depending on where she is‚ Edna’s characteristics tend to develop throughout the book. In The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ social norms tend to influence the setting which often gives Edna a different sense of personality as she is at home‚ on vacation‚ and by the ocean. When Edna is at her house‚ she tends to become increasingly frustrated with her

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    American Revolution brought a plethora of changes to the new nation of the United States. While there were obvious shifts in political ideals during this transformative time‚ social changes had an equal impact on the birth of the new nation. Transcendentalism was one such social and progressive movement in nineteenth century America that centered around reality existing not merely on a physical level‚ but on a higher‚ spiritual one as well. In order to achieve this understanding‚ one must seek truth

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    In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening‚ Edna Pontellier is a character who is alienated from the rest of society. She carries views which do not coincide with the norm‚ and in a way establishes her own idea of how women should live and be treated. Not only do her views estrange her from society‚ but she also physically separates herself from the life she used to live and the Victorian culture into which she was born. During this time‚ it was expected of a woman to be the perfect picture of a wife and mother

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    Self over Screens In today’s world our ideas and our daily life are have morphed and adapted to society’s constant modernization. in the early 19th century a philosophy called transcendentalism started. Transcendentalism then and now promotes intuitive‚ spiritual thinking instead of scientific thinking based on material things. These ideas were presented through Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” in the romantic period of literature. Thoreau emphasizes the idealistic thought that cutting technology

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