Chari Harris 4/8/2015 Paper #2 Edna's Ultimate Awakening "I would give up the unessentialI would give up my lifebut I wouldn't give myself" (Chopin 89). Edna Pontellier, the protagonist in Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, undergoes several stages of awakening. ... Thus, she attempts to commit herself fully to her awakening sense of self. ... Edna's first outward act in affirmation of her awakening and in repudiation of societal convention and gender roles comes immediately following her initial awakening after swimming in the ocean for the first ti...

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The title of the novel "The Awakening" represents the "awakening" of Edna through the realization of her true feelings and this realization often preceded by sleep and she does a great deal of it. ... For instance, during Edna's party a fountain could be heard; water is usually associated with freshness, purity, motherhood, however, in this case the fountain's splash is described as "monotonous" which may underline the idea that motherhood has become monotonous due to the awakening of a different, liberated Edna. ... This perhaps also shows that Edna could not take in any more of the...

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The Second Great Awakening was a religious impulse that swept through the nation post-1790s. ... The Second Great Awakening placed religion in the forefront of politics. ... " The Second Great Awakening sparked an era of change, an era of spirituality, an Era of Reform. The Second Great Awakening led many to explore and experiment with a wide array of social reforms as ways to accomplish reform, whether it be through environmentalism, temperance, body reforms, transcendentalism, social utopias, or abolition. ...

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Her physical and emotional growths as well as her sexual awakenings are all part of a tremendous journey through the life of a young girl's development. ... These scenes are in conflict of Freud's theory of psychosexual development in that there exists no defining stages of non-interest and interest in adult sexual matter but rather a constant awakening and maturing as Esmeralda grows toward puberty. ... Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, emphasizes the children's active involvement with their environment and felt it was a collaborative process of life introduction throug...

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The Great Awakening of the 1740's proved to be an instrumental event of the new African-American spirituality with its focal point on a "personal relationship" with God and conversion of the masses, rather than the liturgical and theological focus prior to the awakening.3 This development enabled lay preachers with no theological background to attempt mass conversion using emotional strategies rather than ideology to persuade non-believers, and created a more accessible Christianity that the slaves could grasp and integrate into their own spirituality. ... The development of their disti...

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Her father preached a more softened form of Puritanism that reflected the growth of more diverse religious practices of the Great Awakening period of early 1740s. Perhaps these ideas of Great Awakening and even more so of the Enlightenment, influenced Abigail's more independent mind and analytical spirit. ...

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At the end of the 1820s and into the 1830s, The Second Great Awakening, a religious movement based off evangelism, changed the approach of expansionism. ... Therefore, this Second Great Awakening inclined American Protestants to view Catholic nations south and west of their country as "a distinct challenge to their religion and security " (Greenberg 14). ...

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Alcoholic Anonymous" "Twelve Steps" are the following: 1) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable. 2) Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood him. 4) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5) Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6) Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7) Humbly asked him to remove our shortco...

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This "response is, perhaps , part of his awakening- as is the shuddering trauma throughout his voyage 'beyond the infinite'" (Kolker 666). ... After a psychedelic transition through a black hole, Bowman arrives in the "Jupiter Room", where the aftermath of Bowman's awakening and new awareness takes place. ...

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Introduction Ah, how beautiful and gentle the Sleeping Beauty is, how sweet and innocent and nave and vulnerable Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are! How wonderful it is to be rescued by Prince Charming, or a powerful, axe-wielding woodcutter! How romantic, how convenient, how great it is for...

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Before the declaration, there was something called "New Awakening" which seemed to increase the amount of people that believed in God; they had converted to believe in an evangelical God (Edwards, 1741). In this great awakening, Jonathan Edwards conducted a sermon back in 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut to the people describing and explaining how mankind shall be judged by the creator and be condemned if they did not change their ways. ...

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Many believe that a person's character and integrity lie deep within, dating back to what was seen as a child and how they were brought up. Keeping this in mind, I read Indian Camp for the first time. After completing the story, my hopes of the kind of man Nick Adams would grow to be began to dwi...

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Society has always valued beauty. In literature, attractiveness often indicates the admirable protagonist, while ugliness symbolizes an abominable antagonist. From a young age we are taught, without even realizing it, to prize beauty. As a result, in today's modern world everyone feels pressure to m...

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Four characters of Tartuffe, Cleante, Dorine, Tartuffe and Orgon, each embody a part of society that Moliere has observed is in conflict, and uses the he uses them to highlight, and perhaps hasten, the transformations and awakenings that are underway during his time. ...

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Philosophy is the study of elementary predicaments including factors linked with realism, existence, knowledge, ethics, rationale, and language. Conversely, religion is a collection of systematic beliefs on the cause, nature, and proposes of the universe, particularly with reference to the contribut...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a cr...

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Even though the images that are used in the campaign are very simple and brief, the message they give is very awakening and powerful enough to stimulate people who need bariatric surgery, "But it doesn't have to end this way. ...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a cr...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a cr...

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Surviving in Africa: WHY? The evolution of the world can be traced back 40,000 to what we are calling today the continent of Africa. It is the oldest and the most contradictory continent. It is probably the most environmentally preserved and beautiful place in the world, but it is also a contine...

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After having the most interesting boredom for the first three minutes of the film, the audience then experiences a sort of awakening when Wes Anderson displays the hotel in its state in 1968 as The Author (Jude Law) changes age and demeanor to his younger more stylized self as well as the lighting and colors are beginning to vary a little more in brightness than they did in the previous two cuts. ...

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Since ancient times, humanity has recognized the relationship between names and power. Chitra Divakaruni weaves a similar theme into her novel, The Mistress of Spices, in which the narrator, Tilo, uses the mystical energies of spices to help those who enter her shop. Through the eyes of the Mistress...

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Ethnocultural Paper: Italian Culture and Its Impact on Substance Abuse It is believed there is a close link between alcohol and culture. Ethnocultural theory of understanding the interrelations of alcohol and human behavior are that "ways of drinking and of thinking about drinking are learned...

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The unification of Italy is inextricably bound up with the "Risorgimento" - an Italian word which suggests the idea of awakening and the recovery of strength - and was perhaps the most important event in modern Italian history. ...

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"(Cohn, 2014) Although Ebola may seem to be uncontrollable, "it took nearly five months for the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a public health emergency, there are signs that the international community is awakening to the seriousness of the outbreak....

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