Kate Chopin was born Katherine O"Flaherty in St. ... In 1870, she married Oscar Chopin, and the new couple moved to Louisiana, which became the setting for many of her short stories. ... Chopin's earliest story "Wiser Than a God" focuses on her desire for female independence. ... In 1882, Chopin's husband, Oscar, dies from swamp fever. ... Chopin's career is cut short when her last novel "The Awakening" is published in 1899. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On June 9, 1870, Kate O"Flaherty married Oscar Chopin of Louisiana in St. ... Just when Oscar Chopin's business began to prosper on December 10, 1882 he passed away. By mid-1884, Chopin and her family had back to St. ... Chopin's writing became known as unconventional. ... Chopin took these criticisms to heart. ...

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In The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin's main focus is Mrs. ... In The Awakening, Chopin explores a woman's choice to become independent. ... In 1870, at age twenty, Kate wed her husband, Oscar Chopin. ... Her independence may have been what attracted Oscar to Kate. ... Twelve years after marriage, Oscar died, leaving Kate with six children and much debt. ...

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The Story of an Hour The Usage of Irony In the story of an hour, Kate Chopin uses a great amount of irony to accomplish many unexpected twists and turns. What Chopin is trying to make us understand through irony, is that freedom, in the 19th Century is something women are not entitled to; and the few who experience it, shall never lose it, for otherwise, their lives would feel as if they had died. ... Kate Chopin makes a very interesting connection with the feelings of the woman. Since Chopin had become a widow at a very young age too. Oscar Chopin, her husband, died in December of 188...

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Catherine O"Flaherty Chopin was born on June 12, 1850 in St. ... In June, 1870, Kate married Oscar Chopin of New Orleans, a Creole cotton broker. ... In 1872, Oscar died suddenly, leaving Kate to raise six children on her own. ... Feeling alone and without identity, Chopin turned to writing to express her feelings and emotions. ... The Awakening allows readers to see the mature and developed novelist, Kate Chopin, come into her own. ...

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Classical and Romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Stravinsky, and Mozart are some of the first that come to mind. ... A social genius who rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous of two continents. a natural athlete, a painter of considerable talent, a generous, gregarious man with an ego the size of a ballroom who helped promote the careers of other musicians such as Vernon Duke, and Oscar Levant, George was your modern "rock star." ... The son of immigrant parents, George became one of America's first premier composers and his compositions are still used today as tool o...

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