Louise arrives on the scene just as Thelma's attacker is about to penetrate Thelma. ... Louise looks strong and unwavering when she is threatening the attacker. ... After the gun shot, Louise remains calm after the realisation of what she had done. ... "Thelma and Louise" is about two repressed women. ... "Thelma and Louise" creates a new form of powerful woman. ...

• Word Count: 2044
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

Louise Mallard, the protagonist, suffers from a weak heart. ... Louise realizes then that that feeling was freedom: "When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. ... Louise was holding a mask of herself that according to society, especially men, was appropriate and corresponding to her as a wife. ... Other readers, most of them women, "sympathize with Louise's desire for freedom" (Chopin 97). ... At first, Gilman had difficulties getting the story published, but after it got published, it began to win converts and little by little to...

• Word Count: 2447
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography