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    Life, death, and reincarnation are the recurring theme of the most notable poem “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson. Throughout the poem Dickinson traces her descent sanity into madness which has made the poem terrifying for both the speaker and the reader. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson has express her feeling of grief and pain through the use of an extended metaphor, “felt a funeral in the brain” and in rest of the poem, she lives a life, passes away, and reborn again…

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    In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier gradually realizes the societal expectation for her to conform to the female stereotype and attempts to discover freedom instead. Rather than live as a “mother-woman” whose entire existence revolves around only her husband and children, she wishes to discover her own person and live as that woman. In the beginning of the book, Mr. Pontellier criticizes his wife and wakes her up so she can tend to their children in the middle of the night and otherwise fit into…

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    Annie Murphy Paul builds an argument to persuade her audience of the importance of deep reading. Paul talks about different people that proven her argument to show how deep reading is effective. Deep reading is as opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the web which is an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art. She has supported her argument by different people who have done studies of how important…

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    Throughout the late 19th century women questioned the domineering patriarchal society of the time and demanded augmented rights and freedom. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin, through Mrs. Mallard’s experience with her husband’s death, contemplates the existence and effects of societal biases towards women and the harmful attributes of marriage as an institution. In particular, Chopin employs the downstairs section at the beginning to characterize society's notion of Mrs. Mallard as feeble…

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    Amanda M. Baxter Professor Buchanan English 1020 October 25, 2014 How Chopin uses the Character Louise Mallard to Portray the Perplexity of her own Life In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin demonstrates the devastating effects of the oppression of women through the heart stopping story of the Louise Mallard. Louise Mallard has a seemingly pleasant life with her husband, Brently. The setting of the home along with Brently Mallards’ “gripsack” suggest they are not in poverty (Chopin 308). The…

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    Kate Chopin’s story The Awakening tells the story of a lady named Edna who has infidelity issues. Edna struggles within a love triangle between her husband, Robert, and Alcee. Edna’s heart longs for Robert, but that relationship ends. The story concludes with Edna swimming out into the ocean without returning. There are several different critical receptions relating to The Awakening. Two of my sources are related and argues that The Awakening wasn’t created for children. The other source…

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    In The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses the motif of music to describe Edna’s desires of becoming more independent and her mind’s vivid imagery, which subsequently provides a foreshadow. During the party at Madame Lebrun’s home in Grand Isle, Edna breaks away from the party and steps out onto the porch where she is admiring the view of the sea. Eventually, Robert comes to join her and asks her if she’d like to listen to Mademoiselle Reisz play the piano. While he goes to find her, Chopin writes:…

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    Hallie Amat Mrs. Schroder AP Literature 3 January 2017 Edna’s Isolation in The Awakening Authors frequently use the theme of isolation to demonstrate how a particular society treats people who differ from the norm. Characters’ gender, race, or class often lead to their alienation and can create other problems stemming from that. In The Awakening, protagonist Edna Pontellier’s status as a woman means that society places certain expectations on her behavior, and when she refuses to conform, she…

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    Tough! Was written in 1993 by one of Canada’s most creative playwrights, George F walker. It was shown to young adults of that time as a cautionary story and is now portrayed as entertainment. Walker’s only play that is for “young audiences” is set in a city park, where three working class teenagers meet. The characters are Tina, Jill and Bobby. Tina confronts Bobby for cheating on her as he had been caught messing around with another girl at a party, and is backed by her tough friend, Jill.…

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    For a long period of time, women have been repressed, viewed as the lesser sex and claimed as property of men. This made it harder for them to enjoy life and to discover their true selves. In both Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, the path to self discovery can be difficult, but can lead to fulfilling endings. Both authors presented how two women from different backgrounds can experience the same struggles and harvest the same desires. Self…

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