Good Vs. Evil In Kate Chopin's The Awakening

The Opposition Known for her advance views on feminism, Kate Chopin wrote stories that validates her perspective on men being evil and dominant. Chopin’s symbolism in regards to color portray a theme similar to that of “good versus evil” considering most prominently to race as opposed to morals; furthermore, Chopin’s instances of cheating, discrimination, and dishonesty are portrayed through the exhibition of irony, conflict, foreshadowing, and metaphoric language to exemplify the reasons Armand shows no sympathy for his actions exhibited toward his wife and child, while Desiree is left with an innocent, hopeless life for herself and her offspring. These opposing descriptions lead to an ironic conclusion to this contrasting story. The first …show more content…
Although Desiree is truly white, she is looked at as lesser of a person than Armand who actually is African American. Armand, if people knew about his race, would be looked down upon and would not be respected; this is ironic because he pushes the blame on Desiree by doing the very action he fears of happening to him. Not only does this prove their true colors based on their characteristics, but it gives an example of what Kate Chopin thought by the way women were treated in this post-civil war era. Chopin knows of the heartbreak, dishonesty, and discrimination men had towards women, who they believed to be lesser of a person to their superiority. In conclusion, this story is a representation of opposing forces pertaining to race and morals between our main characters Armand and Desiree. Kate Chopin writes this story with irony and literary details to produce conflicting characters as a representation of her outlook on men in this era. By the end of the story, it is clear to see that Armand is our evil and dark character represented by the color black, and Desiree is our innocent and light character represented by the color