Frédéric Chopin

The novel Ladies Coupe (2001) is written by a remarkable female Indian English-language writer Anita Nair aged 50 (1966). She is known for her fictions as well as her travelogues. Time and again, she meets random young men and women who see her as a vagabond free spirit wandering from destination to destination. She always focuses on the problems faced by woman in Indian society. In the novel Ladies Coupe, she…

There’s no escaping the fairy tale in popular culture; a woman trapped under duress, awaiting for a man to rescue her. It’s an archetype that transcends time and continent, but whether it’s approach to gender roles is outdated is an entirely different question. Louise Bourgeois was fascinated with this concept, due to her parents tumultuous relationship and the trauma surrounding identity that pursued her throughout her life. One of the pieces that highlighted the existence of gender roles in…

A Rose for Emily and The Yellow Wallpaper are two short stories about two women during the late 1800s through the early 1900s. This is during an era when women are viewed as less important than men. Both Emily and the narrator are trapped in a world of delusions, control, and mental illness. Scorned by the men in their lives and society, both women experience feelings of control by others, loneliness, and a loss of sanity. Although both women share similar experiences, they came from different…

One widely known short story that Chopin wrote is the story of “Desiree’s Baby”. The story is about a woman who has struggling relationship with her husband. The story begins when Armand Aubigny all of a sudden falls in love with Desiree, who was a foundling discovered by Monsieur Valmonde. She and Armand marry and have a baby. When the baby is born, Armand is at first delighted. However, the baby’s skin color soon shows signs of the baby being a “Quadroon”. Armand assumes that because of…

In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin uses symbolism, imagery, and similes to show how marriage was for this woman. “The Story of an Hour”, describes a woman’s view on her marriage after her husband had died. This woman was happy that she was finally free to live her own life and not have to live her life in the shadow of her own husband. This whole story took place within one hour. She thought her husband was dead, but he ended up being alive, and soon after she found that out, she died.…

Deep below the surface of the Pacific ocean, there was city hidden. Where nobody would or could see, where magical creatures that no one could ever know. when they're once live the guardian mermaids of Shallow waves. Lunabelle Lunabelle where are you?! My mother yelled. I Stop Make little water bubbles, With my hand. I always wonder why, why do I have this power and how?.I had just gotten This power on my 14th birthday and I felt I was different but so different that I’ll have something so…

the novel’s protagonist, experiences a unique awakening that forces her to question not only her societal role, but her own self identity. Kate Chopin presents feelings of isolation, freedom, and solitude within the mind of Edna, in a way that is all consuming. This consumptions adds a level of drama to the novel as these feelings take over Edna. Kate Chopin uses the power of music to provoke psychological growth. Edna is very fond of music, whether she is playing or listening to Madame…

bildungsroman, The Awakening, suggests that it was impossible for a woman to be free within the confines of the social constructs and standards of the time in which she lived, ultimately resulting in the protagonist’s detrimental yet inevitable death. Chopin supports her argument by demonstrating the outcome of a woman who intends to break social barriers, defines sexual identity and its consequences, and contrasts a character with ruthless determination that eventually quietly chooses death.…

the emotion in Mrs. Mallard’s bedroom is indisputable...allows him or her to remain an onlooker, as eager as Mrs. Mallard to see ‘what was approaching to possess her’”(270). Chopin had the intention of making the reader unclear of her emotions in order to recognize Mrs.…

Author, Kate Chopin, in her short story, The Storm, reveals an affair between two past lovers Calixta(wife) and Alcee(ex-boyfriend) making love to each other. There is a storm coming to Louisiana and Bobinot (husband) and Bibi(son) are stuck at Friedheimer’s store. While Calixta is home with her ex-boyfriend. The story takes place in the house of Calixta and Bobinot. The time of day is late in the evening and the time period is late 1800s to early 1900s. The story took place in Louisiana around…