The Awakening

less religious. In order to bring people back into churches, and increase piety, religious revivals took place. Most people view the First Great Awakening as more influential than the Second Great Awakening, but the Second Great Awakening is far more influential politically and socially despite both of their striking similarities. The First Great Awakening was a religious revival that occurred around the 1730s-’40s. This religious revival was based around Puritan and Congregational ideas.…

oppression, to properly address the injustices they suffer to rightfully gain the equality they deserve. To achieve this transformation, women must allow themselves to rebel and withstand the alterations deemed unnatural by society. The book The Awakening by Kate Chopin challenges the effort of a woman’s will to step out of her role in society to live a peaceful and independent life away from patriarchal abuse and oppression. Additionally, Chopin incisively describes Edna’s estrange marriage and…

The book that I chose to read is called “The Awakening” By Kate Chopin. In this book one of the main characters was Edna Pontellier. Edna is married to Leonce Pontellier, together they have two sons. Mr. Pontellier, who works in the city of New Orleans is often away at work. In the beginning of the book the family is away on vacation in Grand isle. While in Grand Isle Mrs. Pontellier meets a young man named Robert Lebrun. As the book goes on you see the two spending a lot of time together at…

students the opportunities to question and take action, in order to become culturally global citizens (Hackman, 2005, p.104). For the purpose of this task, I have selected an English Stage 5 lesson plan, conducted after the viewing of the play, Spring Awakening. My major pitfall was failing to consider the total extent of my student’s identities, and thus, limiting the scope of my influence by neglecting to incorporate their…

pressure women have felt and still feel today from society’s unattainable expectation. These women that defy the limitations society sets for them are some of the most powerful, strong role models for young women today. When comparing the two works The Awakening by and A Doll House by, Nora demonstrates strength that is greater than Edna’s through her ability to put others before herself, her ability to seek knowledge as a way to become her own person, and her act of leaving her husband. Both…

George Whitefield, an Englishman born to a humble inn keeping family, grew up to be a widely known and loved Calvinist priest. Having first been an unmotivated student, the Word of God captivated him and ignited a fire in his bones; a fire that could only be fed and tamed by proclaiming salvation by faith alone all across England and the New World. Yet, every proclaimer of the faith has faced opposition whether it be in the form of renunciation or becoming a martyr. It is a known fact that since…

My Awakening began with a visit to the Missouri Zen Center in Webster Groves. I have a family connection to Zen Buddhism through my niece and nephew. This piqued my curiosity of what it was like inside a temple or center for Buddhism. I made the decision before going that I would follow Eihei Dogan’s quote and “To forget the self is to be awakened by all things” this way I would have a clear mind of my experience. The center is in a tranquil setting in a Victorian house tucked up a hill…

Realism Edna, from The Awakening, is an example of sexuality being treated directly in Realist literature. In past times sexuality would be only alluded to or unused altogether as a way to show the purity of the women. Edna has three men that are potential sexual partners; one she is married to, one she loves, and one she has no more than a shallow interest in. After the one she has little interest in, kisses the back of her hand and leaves “She felt somewhat like a woman who in a moment…

authors such as Gustave Flaubert and Kate Chopin address their perspectives creatively through the life of a character, Emma and Edna. These authors both impart their perspective on the topic of women’s rights in the books Madame Bovary and The Awakening. Although it is their diverse tone in which both argue their positive or negative ideas for letting women have the ability to choose. Gustave uses his tone to show how absurd and reckless the world would be, whereas Chopin explains, given the…

roles of each person involved. Each time period affected what was acceptable to do and how to behave. For example, a relationship today is vastly different from the relationships that occurred during the time period that Kate Chopin’s novella, The Awakening, was written. Using a new historicist lens, the relationships in this text can be closely examined. The relationship between Edna and her husband, Edna and Robert, and the Ratignolle’s, society’s expectations along with the individual…