The short story “Desiree’s Baby” was written by the American author Kate Chopin. The story takes place in Louisiana and it begins with a flashback that Madame Valmonde has of Desiree being a baby and realizes that the baby she had found 18 years ago now has a baby. When Desiree gave birth, Madame Valmonde went to visit her and her baby. As soon as she saw the baby she knew there was something wrong with him, but that didn’t matter because Desiree loved him unconditionally. As time passed Armand,…
19th-century in France, Maupassant writes in a style called Literary Realism. The clearest example of this style comes in the final third of the story, when he describes the poor, working lives of the Loisel’s. Mathilde, a young woman is born to a low-class family. With no money for a dowry, she is married to Monsier Loisel, a clerk from the board of education. In the story Mathilde is ashamed of her economic status and wished she had been born into an upper-class family. Mathilde is unhappy in…
In her short story “The Storm”, Kate Chopin shows herself to be far ahead of her time in terms of her exploration of women’s place in American society at the turn of the twentieth century by presenting female characters with their own sexual agency. Both women of “The Storm” are married yet find happiness through momentarily escaping their marriages: Calixta seeks fulfillment through an affair with a former beau, while Clarisse finds relief in abstinence. In this way, Chopin’s text is a feminist…
Duchess and Porphyria (A story about the life of two women and how they died.) “Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration”(Swift). Jealousy ruins a lot of relationships, with loved ones, friends, and your significant other. In the stories, My Last Duchess…
illustrates this issue in her short story ‘Only a Woman’ which depicts a young woman facing oppression in a patriarchal society. Benaboura uses metaphors, anecdotes and word choice to emphasise her key idea about fighting for your rights. Yamina is a young woman who has grown up in Algeria, a patriarchal society, where violence towards women is common, and goes unpunished. So when she is abused by her older brother, she never thought to stand up for herself. Amel Benaboura’s story focuses on…
Narrator: Odysseus has traveled longer than any man should, faced perils the gods have never bore witness to before, and he has lost much; however, he has finally returned home, seeking solace in the warmth and virtue of his wife and queen. The tender spirited, aging maid Eurycleia sprints through the halls, eager to tell Penelope of the stranger who has appeared before them. Eurycleia: Oh fair mistress, lift your head and open your eyes. Penelope: Leave me, I no longer wish to be the object…
For our final presentation, Dan Dan and I picked love as the main topic. The main reason why we picked this love as our topic is because love is one of the main thing that we read in the books for this semester and also we find love in our life everyday, so we can also make connection with our life. With the main topic, love, we split it into 3 parts which is the 3 different types of love we found in the readings, which are family love, love between friends and also love between 2 people which…
as it represented the pre-industrial period which blended with the settings. Oddly, it was shorter than the rest of the other concerts that I have attended. Personally, I would definitely attend another opera theatre because of its nice melody and story telling which is unfolding in front of the audience. In conclusion, this was my most favorite concert I have attended to here at Sacramento State…
The author’s physical description of Louise again reflects the inner restraint that she had endured throughout her life. Louise is a woman who was not able to express her needs, longings or individuality; her appearance also reveals her mundane past. Her face is described as “young and calm,” this is because she never experienced the independence and maturity needed to give it character. Chopin described Louise as having a face “whose lines bespoke repression” -- she is portrayed as having a…
In the story, “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, many people are abandon, whether it is intentional, or unintentional, but abandoned nonetheless. Poor little Desiree, abandoned again, first by her parents, and later by her husband to forever be left alone in her sorrow. In this essay, we will analyze the abandonment that takes place in “Desiree’s Baby”, by Kate Chopin. Desiree was abandoned as a child by her birth parents, until she was found and raised by Madame Valmonde and her husband. Despite…