The Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was a period in history that changed the viewpoints and converted many to become Protestants. It had an influence on many things; the cult of domesticity, Utopian communities, Temperance, and Abolitionism. The enrolment of the north was especially involved. Many might wonder, ‘in what ways did the Second Great Awakening in the North influence abolitionism and temperance?’ The Second Great Awakening brought many to the realization that others needed freedom; since it…

Life of Kate Chopin In The Awakening. To me it seems like the author of the novel The Awakening, Kate Chopin, has a lot things in common with her life and the life of Edna Pontellier of the story. They are many different examples of the same things occurring in Chopin’s life and in Edna’s. Then from some of my research and some of the things that go on in the story it leaves me pretty curious on how much of the story Chopin based on previous life experiences. Also, from some of my research I…

regularly. They believed that all history originated from the scriptures of the Bible and based their entire life on it. During the Great Awakening, a great religious fervor was whipped up throughout America. Many people, swept by the moving sermons from people like Jonathan Edward and George Whitefield, started to attend Church much more. The Great Awakening created a division within the Church, separating clergy between old lights and new lights. Old lights focused on the plain, theological…

and devote their lives to maintaining their home. Women were legally subject to their husbands, and virtually had no rights. Two female characters of the late 19th century who diverted from this social norm were Edna Pontellier from the novel The Awakening…

A Crude Awakening Fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal have been burned as a source of energy for many years, but are they safe and lasting? Renewable energy, on the other hand, has been around for centuries. From the water wheels and mills of the Middle Ages to the photoelectric effect in solar panels of the early 1900’s, renewable energy is constantly being renovated and improved upon. Due to fossil fuels’ negative effects on the environment and lack of supply, renewable energy should be…

Kate Chopin opens her novella, The Awakening, with a parrot squawking in its birdcage: “The green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: ‘Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!” (3). Birds are usually utilized to symbolize freedom, but here, Chopin writes of a caged bird. Most birds, such as the parrot, have wings and are meant to fly, not locked in a restricting cage. Similarly, in the late nineteenth century, women were…

care for the children, cook for the family, and clean the house. Their free time was spent performing tasks meant to improve the quality of the family, such as sewing, rather than socializing with other women. In Kate Chopin’s feminist novel The Awakening, the main protagonist, Edna Pontellier, embarks on a personal journey to discover her own unique part in society, defying the typical feminine roles of the times. Chopin exemplifies Edna’s…

Emely Gonzalez The Awakening by Kate Chopin AP Literature - Pd. 3 Topic 5 In a lifetime, people undergo experiences for the purpose of change: it’s the inevitable. Our consciences constantly walk through the gates of enlightenment, culmination, or understanding, sculpting our individualities. Each vigilant episode creates our beliefs, morals, values, and knowledge; all interconnecting with one another. Our beliefs are influenced by knowledge, our values are branched from our beliefs,…

this time period, it was highly frowned upon if you chose to defy society's standards, an in artifacts such as Chopin's influential The Awakening, we see this defiance lead to self discovery and exposure of long subdued emotions. One cultural artifact where this…

Gender hierarchies are exposed by the use of eating in The Awakening. Literature professors commonly note that “whenever people eat or drink together, it’s communion” (Foster 8). During meals, people tend to share aspects of their life and communicate with one another. Throughout the thorough detailing that The Awakening encompasses, Mrs. Pontellier exposes that she does not worry about her husbands provision of food for the family, while her friends are completely reliant on all sources of…