The Awakening

American society was morphed by the “market revolution” and the religious “Second Great Awakening.” These developments changed the role women played in their households, and carriers. Through flourishing jobs an era of women's rights also begun to occur. Women became unified politically, economically, and socially. Like any other movement there were diverse ideals which have influenced America to this day. These developments proved to be significant especially since they fought against the…

Great Awakening and Enlightenment In the late 1600-1700’s many Europeans began to believe that the light of human reason and science could be applied to society. Western Europe and the New World went from a God-centered way of life to a man-centered centered view of life with the use of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment began in Europe it emphasized reason, science, and observation and led to the discovery of natural laws. Copernicus, Galileo, Locke, Franklin, and…

The play “Spring Awakening” is directed by Shelly Elman and is originally based on Frank Wedekinds play. The a few characters struggling to transition to adulthood. The personal strife of the characters differs through desire, confusion, frustration and many other effects. Nonetheless, the characters all end up with the drastic questions: Who am I? And what does it all mean? When I first heard about the play in class I had no idea what I was actually going to be looking at. The day of the play,…

In February 15th, 2003, the episode of a long-running ABC TV show “NYPD Blue,” “Nude Awakening” has premiered, and became controversial, due to a scene involving nudity. Over the last few years, the terms “indecency” and “obscenity” has been defined and redefined, in order to create proper regulations on programs’ usage of mature content on television. This rule has become more prominent in primetime programs, but not in cable programs since they depend on subscriptions. Ever since cable was…

movement in the current age. While laws are in place to assure rights for women, there is a distinct difference in treatment between the genders. The novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a classic novel due to its acknowledgement of the sexist lifestyle of the 19th century, an issue still present today. Published in 1899, The Awakening is a classic mainly for its feminist ideals of a woman being her own, independent being. Typically, the “social norm” of this period was that people looked at…

In Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, she establishes some similarities about women and gender compared to A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Those similarities portray how women are expected to behave and how their husbands treat them. Both authors also talk about the limited roles the wife has in her family as well as the male roles. These similarities from both stories reveal how women are viewed. In The Awakening, the wife, Edna Pontellier was financially dependent of her husband, Leoncé…

In “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, the theme of motherhood and the idea of the “mother-woman,” are both very prominent. Two of the novel’s main characters are mothers, although their views on motherhood are not alike at all. Throughout the novel, Adele and Edna are compared to show how Adele surpasses the societal ideals of what a mother and wife should be, and how Edna defies those standards and refuses to let motherhood consume her life. One of the ways that this is achieved is by the use…

“Star Wars Force Awakenings” Forced Me to Stay Awake All Night to Finish it, and I Loved it. (Movie Review) Characters in the movie Refresher of the last movie Basic one sentence summary of movie If you are a big fan of the entire Star Wars franchise then you are going to like “Star Wars The Force Awakenings”. It’s Basically a movie that takes place far in the past in a different galaxy with future technology. So if you need a bit of a refresher this takes a few decades Into the future from…

In contrast to the teachings of Paul, The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, takes on another perspective of marriage. The Awakening depicts a story of several couples during the 19th century who have differing views on the subject of marriage. Paul’s teachings are similar and different to the couples in The Awakening because Paul teaches that a woman should submit to her husband while the husband loves her, the rights of both…

American Values in The Awakening Imagine yourself being trapped in a life that you don’t want, you’re trying to get out of, and you are being judged by everyone around you. For Edna Pontellier, this is her reality. In her attempt to free herself from her suffocating life, Edna and the other characters in the book display their own personal American ideas and values in The Awakening. More than anything else, Edna Pontellier values the ideas of passionate love, and having the freedom to do what…