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    Kate Chopin’s The Awakening Portrayal of the character Edna Her foils Setting- feminist mvment‚ etc. Style Intended to help the reader understand the character of Edna her actual beliefs external/internal influences Tone Helping the style‚ the tone also helps the reader understand the rest of the characters Mr. Pontlierre (Critical Essay quote) Mademoiselle (Speech about bird with strong wings. V. Conclusion Edna Pontlierre experiences a theme of self-discovery throughout the entire novel

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    satisfying her husband’s needs. In The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin wrote about the life of a grown woman‚ Edna Pontellier‚ who slowly discovered herself and independence. She used aspects of her personal life to portray Edna Montpellier’s thoughts and feelings‚ in great detail‚ to express the personality of an independent woman. As a result of Chopin’s descriptive imagery and diction in The Awakening‚ she was denounced by religious groups‚ critics‚ and society. The judgmental tone Chopin used towards society’s

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    The Awakening The novel‚ The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ was written in the late nineteenth century in St. Louis after her husband Oscar died of a severe illness. Her book appeared in 1899‚ after she was idolized by many novels written by Darwin and Sarah Orne Jewett. Her first attempts at writing were just brief sketches for a local newspaper that was only short descriptions of her life in Louisiana. However‚ Chopin’s interests had always run along more risky lines‚ as reflected in her diaries

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    rather than create it herself?” Nin supplements a good portion of thematic endurance for which arises in Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening‚” illustrating the prevalent subsidy of individualism over traditional standards. Although such context as individuality spurs itself among the highest motifs of classic literature‚ society’s portrayal of impeding tolerance within “The Awakening‚” reflected by that of Edna and Robert‚ accumulates through the themes of independence‚ identity and the disillusion of affection

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    females because they wanted to prove their dominance. The Awakening was written in 1899. Therefore‚ the book shows how it was normal for society to have men that felt superior to women’s. The author‚ Kate Chopin‚ uses Edna and her husband‚ Leonce‚ to demonstrate the expectations a man had for his wife. In The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin uses details‚ diction‚ and imagery to convey a condescension tone through men. One method Chopin uses to convey the tone is through details. During the time era where the book

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    2-14-13 Awakening of Edna Pontiller It can be said that the main character of “The Awakening” Edna Pontellier‚ “awakens” in several ways through the course of the book. But in the grander‚ broader sense‚ they are all sub-instances‚ mere symbolism to one major occurrence – her mental‚ emotional and physical severing of and escape from the cultural shackles that which suppress her soul‚ and cripple her fulfillment‚ sense of self-worth‚ and burning desire to live and be respected as an individual

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    they are expected to become something they aren’t. The act of being the “perfect” person puts pressure on people even when they don’t want to change. Sometimes going through a certain situation can show who a person really is. In the novel The Awakening written by Kate Chopin she portrays Edna as someone who is trying to break free of the title “the perfect mother-woman”. Kate Chopin uses several literary devices such as‚ symbolism‚ her characters and use of language to show how hard it is for

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    Awakenings” The movie “Awakenings” is based on a factual memoir also titled “Awakenings” written by Oliver Sacks‚ MD. The movie tells the story of a neurologist‚ Dr. Sayer hired by a hospital for the chronically ill‚ whom is caring for a group of survivors of an endemic of encephalitis lethargica that broke out in the twenties. These patients have all progressively reduced to a catatonic or vegetative-Parkinsonian state and have been in this semi-conscious state for decades. Dr. Sayer uses

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    The Awakening Essay Both of the female protagonist’s from Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Zora Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God experience a similar plight throughout each person’s respective novel. Chopin and Hurston chose specific symbols used within each narrative to represent these characters as they struggle to understand who they are in life. The two most notable symbols contained within The Awakening are the caged birds and the use of the sea. The most prominent of the two is

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    The Awakening 1. What features make The Awakening a "local color" story?  The features that make it a “local color” story are the ways that the lives of the characters is depicted. The story makes it seem as though everyone knows each other‚ almost as if it is a very small town. 2. What customs and beliefs of Edna Pontellier’s society are significant in relation to her psychological development? The customs and beliefs in her society are significant to her psychological behavior

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