The Existence of Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin is an attributor to popular literature towards humanity. She was born on February 8 1850 and is “one of the first feminist authors of the twentieth century” (Chopin). Chopin was born of French and Irish backgrounds and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis (Nissenbaum, Stephen). She got married to Oscar Chopin, and they lived in Missouri most of her life. Many of her works include the themes of death, love, pain, longing, regret, and many elements that can be found in life. Her poetry reflects mostly her own past. Chopin 's husband was killed in an accident leaving her widowed. The death of her husband led her to realize the life she was living was not the one she desired. This realization …show more content…
It surrounds the story of a woman who died of “heartache” in her home shortly after she discovered her husband was found dead. The reason this is an analytical short story is because the meaning behind her heart trouble is not specified at the beginning of the story. The woman in the story cries as she is told news of her husband 's death and goes into a room upstairs to dwell on the news. She sits in a chair and watches outside continuing living through a small window. There she notices the leaves from the trees, rain, and citizens outside her window. She later finds herself staring off with “a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder” (Chopin). The longer she stared, the more she felt like something was looking back at her. The more it stared at her the more she felt fear as if it was coming for her, but she couldn’t name what it was exactly. The woman then began to whisper under her breath the words “free” multiple times, “the vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes”(Chopin). The short story does not specify why she was saying “free” multiple times. This could be a realization she was free from her husband and the typical house wife model she had to portray. It could also be that she was free to live the life she desired, or the possibility that her husband was someone who hurt her. The woman was filled with ecstatic joy knowing the rest of her …show more content…
She focuses on a newfound lover to acquire happiness in her life although she is already married. The lover, Robert Lebrun, was already married to a woman who was with child. The consummation of Edna 's and Lebrun’s love was prevented when his wife went into labor. This shocked Edna into the realization that neither Lebrun nor her husband could make her happy. She later walks into the sea, committing suicide, and drowns. (Chopin, Awakening). Shortly after her story “The Awakening”, Chopin released another short story called “Regret.” This short story reflects on the motherhood aspect of her life. Chopin being a single-mother of six gave her a unique outlook on life. The story surrounds a woman whom has yet to fall in love and lives her life for herself. Suddenly, out in field not too far from her house, a woman with five children appear. The woman with the children asks her to watch the children for two weeks as she goes elsewhere. The main character accepts the task and begins to look over the five children. Throughout the story, the woman doesn’t understand how to treat the children and contemplates on how to treat smaller humans. She slowly learns about them and partakes in their own specific hobbies. At night she puts the children to sleep without the familiar process that their actual mother follows. She then
Kate Chopin is an attributor to popular literature towards humanity. She was born on February 8 1850 and is “one of the first feminist authors of the twentieth century” (Chopin). Chopin was born of French and Irish backgrounds and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis (Nissenbaum, Stephen). She got married to Oscar Chopin, and they lived in Missouri most of her life. Many of her works include the themes of death, love, pain, longing, regret, and many elements that can be found in life. Her poetry reflects mostly her own past. Chopin 's husband was killed in an accident leaving her widowed. The death of her husband led her to realize the life she was living was not the one she desired. This realization …show more content…
It surrounds the story of a woman who died of “heartache” in her home shortly after she discovered her husband was found dead. The reason this is an analytical short story is because the meaning behind her heart trouble is not specified at the beginning of the story. The woman in the story cries as she is told news of her husband 's death and goes into a room upstairs to dwell on the news. She sits in a chair and watches outside continuing living through a small window. There she notices the leaves from the trees, rain, and citizens outside her window. She later finds herself staring off with “a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder” (Chopin). The longer she stared, the more she felt like something was looking back at her. The more it stared at her the more she felt fear as if it was coming for her, but she couldn’t name what it was exactly. The woman then began to whisper under her breath the words “free” multiple times, “the vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes”(Chopin). The short story does not specify why she was saying “free” multiple times. This could be a realization she was free from her husband and the typical house wife model she had to portray. It could also be that she was free to live the life she desired, or the possibility that her husband was someone who hurt her. The woman was filled with ecstatic joy knowing the rest of her …show more content…
She focuses on a newfound lover to acquire happiness in her life although she is already married. The lover, Robert Lebrun, was already married to a woman who was with child. The consummation of Edna 's and Lebrun’s love was prevented when his wife went into labor. This shocked Edna into the realization that neither Lebrun nor her husband could make her happy. She later walks into the sea, committing suicide, and drowns. (Chopin, Awakening). Shortly after her story “The Awakening”, Chopin released another short story called “Regret.” This short story reflects on the motherhood aspect of her life. Chopin being a single-mother of six gave her a unique outlook on life. The story surrounds a woman whom has yet to fall in love and lives her life for herself. Suddenly, out in field not too far from her house, a woman with five children appear. The woman with the children asks her to watch the children for two weeks as she goes elsewhere. The main character accepts the task and begins to look over the five children. Throughout the story, the woman doesn’t understand how to treat the children and contemplates on how to treat smaller humans. She slowly learns about them and partakes in their own specific hobbies. At night she puts the children to sleep without the familiar process that their actual mother follows. She then