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. The main character, Edna, is dissatisfied with her life and position as wife and mother. ... In The Awakening, one can assume that the character Edna is not made to be the most likeable on purpose. ... The character Edna might have been used to show rebellion against common societal roles. ...

• Word Count: 893
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The main character of the novel "A Room with a View " is Lucy Honeychurch, a young English woman who follows the social convensions of the Victorian middle class which she belongs to. ... The main theme of the novel is the comparison between the peculiarity of Italian people and of English people, between two different ways of living. In Forster's opinion Italians are more joyful and spontaneous, so Lucy's awakening becames from the country's influence. ... As writer, Foster is known and appreciated because of the accurate study of the characters in his novels; they...

• Word Count: 379
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

, the main character in each is going through thegrowing up? ... The main characters in each work express different feelings about growing up and the environment in which it occurs. ... The characters inThose Winter Sundays? ... Through out the story, it becomes apparent that the two main characters have no type of father/son relationship and don't actually get along at all. ... Although his father dies, Sarty feels relieved because he has destroyed the overwhelming image that threatened his awakening identity and at last, fear and terror are gone. ...

• Word Count: 938
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. Yolen compared a story that fictitiously occurred during World War II with Sleeping Beauty, which allowed one of the main characters, Gitl Mandelstein, to indirectly tell her horrifying experiences during the war. ...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School