1. Explain the importance of the ending in "The Unexpected" and one other story in this collection. Third essay The ending paragraph of the short story “The Unexpected” is the most important paragraph in this short story. It’s in this paragraph that makes the reader find out the surprising final twist of the story‚ persuading them to ponder about relationships and female independence (in 18th century for the modern day readers). Correspondingly‚ in another short story of the same collection 19th
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Kate Chopin was a novelist and American short story writer. In 1894‚ Chopin wrote a particularly intriguing short story‚ The Story of an Hour‚ about a woman who was trying to escape society’s judgemental image of women. In Chopin’s story‚ Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist‚ feels distressed
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Meaning to You Kate James was an incredible artist. She lived in downtown Paris in a stylish‚ contemporary apartment. She owned her own art studio in which she would spend numerous hours a day just sitting in her studio perfectly mastering her paintings until they were just right. Her boyfriend‚ Mason Scott‚ also lives in central Paris. He is an architect and lived about five brief minutes away. They had dated for almost two years and continued falling more in love day by day. Kate was best known
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Conflict can reveal unexpected qualities in an individual. Philosopher Emerson once said “every coin has two sides; so do conflicts”. In the pages of human history‚ conflicts are unavoidable and while major conflicts such as war have been evil forces in the world it can also produce very positive results. That is not to say conflict is entirely positive. When conflict arises there are those individuals that show unexpected qualities; those assets that are sudden and unforseen. These assets can be
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Unexpected event that change my life forever Unexpected event that change my life foever because when Face a sudden crises that impact my means. When my grandmother fell sick with Cervical cancer. I can relate to Rachel statement “ the change was the reality of a life I’d never imagined myself to be in myself. In my mind I could not see anyone else who has been there fo me through thick and thin. I moved in with her. I made sacrafices like quiting my job i knew she would need
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pressure to “fit” in. People want to fit into society to feel accepted and not want to be ostracized as the weird one or different. Furthermore‚ there is this struggle to be deemed as “acceptable” by society instead of focusing on one’s true self. In Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ the story focuses on Edna Pontellier a wife and mother who is unsatisfied with her life and starts to experience awakenings not only sexual but most importantly an awakening of herself identity. Edna struggles with finding
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created by people like Ms. Mallard‚ and her family. Therefore‚ the cause of Louse imprisonment was not directly her husband’s but the ignorance of people because it is people who see nothing wrong with “imposing a private will upon a fellow-creature” (Chopin). Hence‚ Mr. Mallard revival does not mean that he personally will strip Louse of her freedom but serve as a reminder of society pressure because he is part of society. Brently like all of society is ignorant to the harm they cause people‚ and because
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Anna and Kate‚ Sara and Zanne‚ and Julia and Izzy. In each case‚ the sisters share an intense bond. Often they rely on each other for support‚ evident when Zanne visits to take care of Anna and Jesse‚ or in Julia allowing Izzy to move in with her. Both girls recognize this fact. Kate‚ though she often behaves as any big sister would‚ also shows immense gratitude to Anna. But Anna’s blood literally flows through Kate’s veins. Anna‚ for better and worse‚ feels so strongly connected to Kate that she
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was in love with the Lord she calls him ‘a great Lord’ and asks herself ‘Why did a great Lord find me out to fill my heart with care?’ She’s admitting he filled her heart with care‚ but by asking why‚ she’s saying he hurt her. She also says ‘O cousin Kate my love was true.’ Here she’s expressing her sadness and the feeling of betrayal she has for her cousin she also says ‘If you stood where I stand‚ I would have spat into his face‚ and not taken his hand’ She’s telling her cousin she’d never have done
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Handel‚ Mozart and Chopin are three classical composers from three different periods – baroque‚ classical and romantic. Their works all contain the basic elements of music; structure‚ texture‚ melody and harmony. However the ways these things come across are unique to each composer and era‚ as well as having quite a few similarities. Handel’s Messiah is an oratorio in the form of an Italian opera‚ with recitatives‚ arias and choruses. He gave great importance to the choruses‚ of which ’And the
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