First Great Awakening

The Awakening: A Modern Feminist’s Take The Awakening by Kate Chopin is widely considered one of the earliest feminist novels in American literature. The protagonist, Edna Pontellier, seeks a life away from the social obligations of an 18th century woman. This novel sparked a feminist movement and started a trend of novels written by women about women. Although, feminism as a whole has changed and developed over the years to conform to modern society. As a modern feminist, I did not find The…

Gilman and Chopin both are trying to illustrate how women are trapped and bound by the unspoken rules of Victorian society. They also show the audience the consequences of conformity for women that desire independence. In Chopin’s “The Awakening,” Edna slowly begins to discover herself in her husband’s absence. She experiences “a radiant peace settled upon her when she at last found herself alone” (595). This is the central message which the author wishes to convey. The constant pressures and…

“Turn left at the overlook and swim until you encounter a narrow opening in the cliffside. Inside is the legendary Shell of Shifting!” “What does it do?” Blake asked. She was fascinated by the story that her best friend’s grandmother was telling, although Elina herself didn’t look too interested. “It is said to be able to change the color of anything you want!” she replied. “Now, stop listening to my old tales and go play out in the reef!” Elina and Blake hadn’t been swimming for too long before…

Before taking this course, I never truly understood how many ways coming out of the closet and living your life as a lesbian can impact a woman’s life. From our readings of Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves, “‘No Kisses Like Youres’: An Erotic Friendship between Two African-American Women during the Mid-Nineteenth Century” by Karen V. Hansen, and Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon, I learned that having a relationship with another women can cost a woman her…

Narrative Have you herd of someone called Bethany Hamilton? Bethany overcame losing her arm to a shark and faced her fears to get back on the surfboard. No matter what happened that didn't stop her from doing what she loves. She is one of the best and also one of the most talented women’s surfer. She is very competitive and determined to be the best. Not many people can do what she has done recover from that. Her story can help other through what she went through and give them confidence. This…

The Awakening by Kate Chopin Title The Awakening is related to Edna’s internal awakening that she has over the period of the book The Awakening was originally titled The Solitary Soul Setting New Orleans and The Grand Isle Genre Spiritual / artistic realization, romantic style Historical Information Kate Chopin 1850-1904 Father was Irish, Mother was French-American Bilingual- spoke both French and English Grew up in St.Louis Missouri Developed a passion for music at a young age Met and…

Peter Weir’s, “The Truman Show” plot is constructed in a particular way that focuses on the protagonist, Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), who grows up in an entirely fictitious life. From the moment Truman was born his life has been filmed 24/7 and broadcasted to millions of viewers in the most popular television series, “The Truman Burbank Show.” The community Truman was born into forces him to believe he is carrying out the life of an ordinary person: attending school, making friends, getting…

more freedom that Creole people had (Chopin 10). Edna was a woman who was taught to live like what is now considered to be a housewife. She was to tend to all the needs around the house, the needs of the kids, and the needs of the husband. In The Awakening, Edna’s husband comes home to see that the kids are in bed, but one of his kids seemed to be getting a fever. Edna unaware of the condition of her child, seems to ignore and pay no attention to what her husband mentioned about her son (Chopin…

movement was a polar opposite of previous topics. Stories were written to display accurate representations of middle class life. A Realist who daringly took these topics far and beyond would be Kate Chopin, who wrote important stories such as The Awakening and “The Story of an Hour”. Chopin exposed her “foreign” thoughts of a woman’s dissatisfaction with her marriage and traditional domestic life. Chopin’s…

defiance from any given individual as it pertains to the individual and her surroundings. Chopin uses adultery and the sensations that accompany it as a recurring means of rebellion for both her male and female characters in works such as The Awakening and The Storm. In The Storm specifically, characters, “appear relieved to have succumbed to their long-standing attraction” (Dominic…