Kate Chopin's The Awakening "Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer; than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life" ("Kate" 1). ... For example, one of the novels where she heavily communicated these thoughts was The Awakening. ... Pontellier, the main character and heroine of the novel, observed that "[a] good many persons of the pension had gone over to the Cheniere Caminada (Chopin 6). ... Chopin used all Creole characters throughout her story, making her intended atmosphere distinct. ... Obviously, feminism is a very prominent trait in Kate Chopi...

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Essentialism within Kate Chopin's The Awakening Kate Chopin's 1899 novel, The Awakening, takes place in the late 1800s in Grand Isle, a summer holiday resort popular with the wealthy inhabitants of nearby New Orleans. The main character, Edna, takes a break from New Orleans life to vacation there with her husband and children. ... Essentialism is blatantly seen throughout The Awakening. ...

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She is known for two of her most popular works The Awakening and "Story of an Hour-. ... The Awakening caused a lot of controversy because the story is about a woman exploring her extreme, erotic, and independent thoughts on her life. ... Also in The Awakening the main character who is a woman gets pleasure from a man who is not her husband. In the Awakening Chopin writes, "Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. ... Both The Awakening and "The Story of an Hour- are considered to be examples of feminist theory because of the "ideology that privileges masculine way...

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