Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) conveys Edna Pontellier's rebellion against nineteenth-century American society's constrictions in feminine roles. ... "The popular Victorian image of the ideal wife/woman came to be known as 'the Angel in the House,' who was expected to be devoted and submissive to her husband. The Angel was passive and powerless, meek, charming, graceful, sympathetic, self-sacrificing, pious, and above all--pure. The phrase 'Angel in the House' comes from the title of an immensely popular poem by Coventry Patmore.... They were women...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

Many women characters throughout American literature reflect the same conflicts and attitudes of Nora in Ibsen's play A Doll House. ... It is implied that in Elizabeth Stuart Phelp's "The Angel Over the Right Shoulder," the wife is also somewhat controlled by her husband. ...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The movement has come a long way, and women in the United States of America enjoy so many rights virtually unheard of in regions such as the Middle East. ... Women, from the way Angier condemns men, are probably angels who could do no wrong. ...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School