The Awakening In "The Awakening", the main character, Edna Pontellier, is a depressed woman who struggles to find her independence and freedom. ... Chopin's writing keeps oneself curious about what will come of Edna's relationships with each character. ... "The Awakening" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" have similarities and differences. One thing these two stories have in common is both stories have main characters that are women dealing with depression. ...

• Word Count: 718
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Awakenings Exploited people in the world have always had struggles in finding their voice. ... This battle is delicately illustrated in Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening. The main character, Edna Ponellier, fights throughout the story to try and discover her own self and voice. ... I think her drowning illustrates an even greater strength within her character. ... Chopin made her main character strong by incorporating the support of others, important events, special talents, and a remarkable conclusion. ...

• Word Count: 1629
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's The Awakening, is a memorable story of one woman's quest for self happiness and strength. ... Some of the controversy arises with the different similarities between Edna Pontellier, the main character, and Kate Chopin. ... The Awakening begins at Grand Isle, a vacation spot of wealthy Creoles from New Orleans. ... When she realizes this, she feels as though she has had her own awakening. ... The main theme of the book undisputedly would be going against society to fulfill self happiness. ...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's The Awakening is brimming with feminisim from beginning to end. ... She writes as if Edna were a hero, dignifying the ideas of adultery and temporary pleasure while manipulating the audience into sympathizing with the main character. ... The introduction page describes The Awakening as the story of a woman discovering the power of her own sexuality. ... Feminism was an "awakening" in itself to women everywhere....

• Word Count: 740
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Theresa D. Cinalli #1 Some people may question the end of the novel. Did she really drown herself in the sea, if s why? Why was she leaving her husband and children behind? Is it possible for one person to be so selfish? The problem though, is that these questions are actually the answers. Th...

• Word Count: 745
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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

At the height of her fame, she also wrote and published two novels "At Fault" (1890) and "The Awakening" (1899). ... In the story the main character, Paula Von Stoltz, who is a successful pianist, reject an offer of marriage to pursue her passion in life, music. ... In this story the main character, Mrs. ... The character, Athenaise, is a young girl who's promised to be married to a gentleman by the name of Cazeau. ... Chopin's career is cut short when her last novel "The Awakening" is published in 1899. ...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the "The Story Of An Hour-, Chopin illustrates freedom in the character Mrs. ... In "The Awakening- and "The Storm- she shows rebellion through the protagonist in the stories. ... Mallard's awakening with an open window when she enters the room. ... The Awakening by Kate Chopin was considered very shocking when it was first published because of the "sexual awakening" of the main character, Edna Pontellier, and her unconventional behavior (Evans no page). ... You also see rebellion of the female characters against the status quo. ...

• Word Count: 1053
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In her novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen successfully incorporates various social and mental awakenings that, in turn, serve as significant turning points in the novel. ... Consequentially, such drastic similarities of character and situation create a sense of suspense, causing the reader to ponder whether or not Lydia will repeat the same mistake committed by her mother. ... The reader first begins to realize Elizabeth's change in character when Darcy delivers her a letter, explaining his intervention in Jane and Bingley's relationship. ... The main turning point in Elizabet...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, is a complex work of literature. ... Because of its complexity, it is difficult to classify The Awakening into a literary category. ... In The Awakening, Chopin introduces the beautiful Grand Isle, an island getaway in the Gulf of Mexico. ... The character must return to the true self and break free from the boundaries established by society. In The Awakening, this aspect of Romanticism is not so clear. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

In Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God the main character, Janie, experiences a series of awakenings that help her to find her inner self. ... Janie's increase in awareness can be associated with the pear tree she spends so much time under, because it is here that she concepts the idea of love, which she wont come to understand for some time, and also where she has her second awakening, the first was of course when she discovers the difference in her skin color and that of her friends when looking at the picture. ... Janie's main concern is that she doesn't lov...

• Word Count: 1090
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mallard, the main character, experiences realistic situations that Chopin either experienced one way or another in her own life, or was exposed to by society. ... Mallard"s character, on the other hand, can be interpreted in several ways, but I believe she was quite weak and submissive in comparison with Chopin herself. ... Her most famous and controversial work at the time, The Awakening, received negative reviews and editors became less receptive to her work, ending her writing career (Classic Lit). ... After her spiritual awakening and realization of her newfound freedom, Mrs. ... Malla...

• Word Count: 1052
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream love was a main concept. ... Almost every character possessed a unique power that led way for much desire. ... Upon awakening, the first thing he saw was Helena, resulting in Demetrius spreading his love to her, through love speech and emotion. ... We first see this through the character Helena. ... Power is the main basis for love within the play. ...

• Word Count: 1738
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neal Hursten, the main character, Janie, goes through stages of life that follow those of a traditional hero. ... Janie has a sexual awakening while she watches the bees pollinating the flowering buds. ...

• Word Count: 944
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Through means of reversal, Chaucer leads his main female character down the road of maleness. ... Chaucer has come under critical disapproval for not adhering to socially prescribed gender roles for feminity in his character WB. ... The Wife's main thesis of her sermon is the "woe in marriage". ... The one weakness that comes forward in the WB character is when she steps out of the male role back into the female role. ... WB's awakening occurs as Jankyn reads to her from his "book of evil wives". ...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

In Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston disregarded the typical gender conventions of her time when she created Janie Mae Crawford, the main character in her book. ... It is this experience that Janie will remember for the rest of her life, with the pear tree representing the awakening of the woman inside her and setting a standard of sexual and emotional fulfillment for the rest of her life. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School