Kate Chopin’s views on marriage are mixed and if not closely examined can be perplexing to the reader. However, these mixed emotions among women on marriage was common in the late 19th century. This was due to the controlling and restricting hand of men over women. Kate Chopin’s paradoxical actions of being crushed because of her husband’s death but also happy to be free, shows her lust for freedom. She loved her husband but she hated oppression more. This is why she seems so torn, she doesn’t know if it’s okay to feel happy that her husband died.
Although Chopin never takes a definitive stand. It’s easy to see she genuinely loves her husband. When she first hears of his death she is “paralyzed” and can’t “accept” what she just heard. She
Although Chopin never takes a definitive stand. It’s easy to see she genuinely loves her husband. When she first hears of his death she is “paralyzed” and can’t “accept” what she just heard. She