Second Great Awakening

In the film “Whale Rider” directed by Niki Caro, in a small town in New Zealand called Whangara a innocent young girl called Paikea is born and she is everything Koro didn’t want in the future chief/leader. Throughout the film she struggles to try to become the leader causing a heap of conflict. An important idea shown to us throughout the film is the idea of the role of men and women . A scene where this idea is shown in the film is when Paikea is not allowed to sit in the front row with the…

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a realist novel written in 1856 that tells the story of a married couple, Emma and Charles Bovary. In particular, Emma’s constant emotional struggles with her social position and status as well as her frustration with her banal life drive her to commit adulterous affairs. Within the novel, Flaubert utilizes food to showcase distinctions between middle and upper social class as well as Emma’s discontent with her current life and desire to live the life of the…

The Last Resort The Awakening by Kate Chopin was at one time considered to be scandalous by many critics in 1899. Chopin uses the character Edna Pontellier to express ideas, that, at that time, were completely oblivious to American society. Edna, an archetypal woman in society, being that she was married with two children, vacationed at a place named Grand Isle during which she began her awakening period with a man named Robert. Over the course of the book, Edna continued to meet influential…

The Awakening by Kate Chopin takes place in the late nineteenth century and revolves around a woman named Edna Pontellier who cannot conform to the society in which she lives in. Throughout the novel, Edna slowly breaks free of the reigns in which society holds her to by rebelling against the ideas and morals of motherhood and femininity and chooses love and solitude instead. Early on in the novel, however, Chopin alludes to the existence of Edna's dual life through the following quote, "At a…

clinging her father as a person who robbed her. Emily’s father, as a male, his leaving has ruin Emily’s life, by taking away her world and her sense of security giving by the male. The leaving of Emily’s father also causes Homer Barron becomes the second male who victimizes Emily. Homer Barron is a blue-collar and a Yankee, and described as “a big, dark, ready man” (Faulkner 53) in the story. He appears at the time of the summer after Emily’s father’s death. In the time, Emily has lost her sense…

GENDER AND MYTH The historical records show that the position of women in the society was varied according to culture, religion and geographical and scientific developments throughout many years. In general sense, women are supposed to be the submissive, obedient, self-sacrificing and “the angel in the house “as Woolf said. This idea of passive women is represented in approximately the same way in many examples of world literature. This research paper is a quest to identify the portrayal of the…

A Woman’s Story in the 1800s Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour may seem like a simple short story at first glance, but it is far from it. The author describes Mrs. Mallard’s ordeal by expressing her thoughts and emotions in great detail, allowing the reader to fully understand what she is going through. In addition, Chopin’s story contains elements from longing for self-rule to being caught up in dreams, as well as accepting life for what it is and who is in it. Denial is a big part of grief…

“The Story of an hour” which was influenced by her father’s death. It was to portray what she thought her mother was going to go through. On top of that, she had already lost her great-grandmother and her half-brother, George O’Flaherty. They died a month apart. Her early life was also affected by the deaths of her great grandfather, grandfather and father. There deaths seemed to prevent her from comprehending the typical women submissive to men relationship at an early age. Not only did she…

Moana is a curious young girl who is raised on Motunui Island. She is drawn to the ocean as soon as she can walk and has a connection with it, the ocean makes way for her as to protect her and draw her closer in. The movie starts off with Moana’s grandmother, aka “the crazy island lady” as she refers to herself and she is telling a story which appears to be a legend to young children. It’s about the trick playing demigod Maui who stole the Mother Island Te Fiti’s heart thousands of years ago.…

The Awakening by Kate Chopin showcases the metaphorical awakening of a married woman named Edna. Throughout the novel, Edna deals with the temptation of her raging hormones and desires for other men. Edna also seeks to separate herself from the idea of a typical mother-woman and identify as equal to man. While I am all for the empowerment of women and equal rights, I feel that Enda fails to properly address pressing issues within herself. This leads to Chopin’s book leaving readers to shake…