The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Awakening by Kate Chopin's is a controversial novel full of symbolism. ... She uses many symbolic meanings throughout the story to describe the emotional state of the character Edna. ... Even the names of these birds signify the character's personalities. ... She begins the novel with the image of a caged bird and throughout the story other birds and avian images appear representing freedom, failure, and choices that Edna, the story's main character, must make. Throughout The Awakening Chopin uses flight and descriptions of birds to expres...

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With her revolutionary novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin depicts a heroic character that liberates herself from the suffocating fetters of this male-dictated society, defiantly challenging the prevailing traditions and beliefs by forging and abiding by her own values regardless of the scorn she will receive for behaving in ways deemed inconsistent and inappropriate. Employing the main protagonist, Edna Pontellier, as a medium of venting her own disdain and frustration of the Victorian notion of the ideal woman and expressing her own clandestine wish to rebel against it, Kate Chopin's The ...

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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. ...

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In her novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin dares to break free from an oppressive society through her main character: Edna Pontellier. ... The first of her "awakenings" is that of an intellectual sort. ... The two characters are the antithesis of each other. ... (P116) When one compares the modern times to those of Edna, one of the main differences that comes to mind is that of the freedom to expound upon one's sexual curiosity. ... Through this action she has shown a true awakening of a new Edna. ...

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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. ...

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The Awakening and "The Dream of an Hour" show freedom for women through symbols such as nature. ... Her art also represents the pinnacle of her awakening towards freedom. This is the awakening Edna finds while on the beach. ... The awakening is the reason she learns to swim. ... Just as in The Awakening, in "The Dream of an Hour" the main character has a symbolic rebirth and experience freedom even though it is only for a number of minutes. ...

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In fact, it is more about the inner-journey the main character makes into his unconscious where he has to confront the realities of his true self. ... About all of the places, characters and even actions leads the reader to realise that the journey the main character Marlow is taking will result in some kind of enlightenment for him. ... This quotation directs the reader's attention to Buddha and what he symbolises; "The word Buddha means "enlightened- or "awakened- and is a title given to those who have attained the supreme state of perfect enlightenment and awakening -. Already...

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A major theme in many movies is a feeling of sympathy for the main character. ... Almost the entire movie is shot in the main character's apartment and out of his apartment window. ... Also very Hitchcockian is that the main character becomes the detective. Stylistically, the audience stays with the main character, only knowing as much as he does. ... This is a perfect example of sexual awakening. ...

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In The Awakening, Kate Chopin created a character that " apprehended instinctively the dual life- that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions" (Chopin 32). The main character, Edna Pontellier, craved freedom to be reckless and independent; she wanted her own money, house, and life. ... Edna appealed more to her primal opposed to maternal instincts in The Awakening. ... One change is how the characters she created never needed men. In The Awakening, Edna used her own money to buy her own house. ...

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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. ...

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The Grand Budapest Hotel is loosely based on the events leading up to and including World War II while combining dark undertones, planimetric framing, stylized acting, and mood lighting to transcend various levels of time and locations in order to establish a basis of confusion, amusement, and diversion all at the same time by cutting from scene to scene in a planimetric but also story telling fashion from setting to setting giving the audience joyful memories littered with sadness as the main characters reminisce. ... After having the most interesting boredom for the first three minutes of t...

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My father is almost fifty-one years old and grew up in a time in this country when there was a great spiritual awakening and a sensitivity to the things that pertained to God and it seemed like with religion, it didn't matter what you believed there was a sacredness to it. ... Her main character Hazel Motes blinds himself in the end as sort of his last resort to see if God is real either by or a miracle or to give him peace with his inner self in the end, but since Hazel dies we will never know if salvation was meant for him or not. ... We have come to time now that we are poised for an...

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The characters seem lifelike to me. ... Frankie Addams is the main character and protagonist of the novel. ... She must go through a brief and challenging experience of self-awakening in order for her to grow and learn. ... He was really only a shadow of Frankie's character. ... The main theme is the discomforts of adolescence. ...

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The main reason why religious festivals are not celebrated on the same days every year is because they are calculated according to the lunar calendar called "Hicri Takvim-, so religious festivals may come to be celebrated in every season. ... The main characteristics of Ramadan and the Feast of Sacrifice are that people, neighbors, relatives and friends visit each other. ... The arrival of spring and awakening of nature have been fathomed man as a phenomenon to be celebrated. Hidrellez is a spring festival which has gained a universal character. ... That is why March 21 is a day to celebrate...

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Through the eyes of the Mistress, readers witness the variety of powers and influences stemming from names associated with both characters and spices. The significance of names varies, as some simply mark a character's path throughout life while others influence the bearer's behavior and actions. ... A similar element pertaining to the significance of a name appears in other works of literature, such as Beowulf, in which the main character battles ferociously on foreign lands to preserve the respectability and fame of his Geat name. ... The italicized name of khus khus indicates a ce...

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Another reason why I liked the story was because of the Filipino characters. Being a Filipino, I know the culture more or less so I did not have to adjust that much to the characters because I am already familiar in a way with them. ... It was also easy to read and understand for I was "at home- with the story and I felt that I could easily relate to the characters and I felt as though I could understand them better than most of the characters in other stories. ... For me, the highlighted element in this story is the main character, Tinang. ... Tinang just sets herself up again and aga...

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This wide intellectual awakening came to be known as the Celtic Renaissance. ... "Riders to the Sea" is dissimilar in character. ... The outrageous anti-clericalism in the main topic of concern in the play ˜The Tinkers wedding'. ... Unlike Synge's other plays, it follows too faithfully the main lives of the original story. ... The characters are also finely declined by Synge as is opined by Masefield in his selected pure. ...

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The HAL 9000 is the Discovery's (the spaceship used for the Jupiter mission) main computer with mimicry abilities. ... 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. ... Deren's choice of having the settings be in and out of a house on the side of a beach gives the feeling of enclosure, mirror...

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In each of these works it was Joyce's main goal to create a story, in which the protagonist was a Catholic hero as well as a martyr, according to Richard Ellman, Joyce's biographer. Stephen Dedalus is the main character of the novel, as well as the protagonist. ... The only difference is that Dante's subconscious is an awakening or a revelation meant to correct his errors. ... He is a fearless character, who guides Dante through hell. ...

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In each of these works it was Joyce's main goal to create a story, in which the protagonist was a Catholic hero as well as a martyr, according to Richard Ellman, Joyce's biographer. Stephen Dedalus is the main character of the novel, as well as the protagonist. ... The only difference is that Dante's subconscious is an awakening or a revelation meant to correct his errors. ... He is a fearless character, who guides Dante through hell. ...

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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. ... As seen in the very first story, Three Shots, the very young character of Nick Adams contemplates death and is clearly frightened of it more than anything else in the world at that time. ... This is seen in The Light of the World, in which Nick finds himself surrounded by repulsive thugs, prostitutes, and bullies; but is most evident in The Killers, where Nick comes in close contact with his own death when two men enter a diner, their main obje...

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All of the stories illustrated the character's desire for power over others and the consequences brought as a result of power. ... When Hawthorne wrote these stories he showed that the pride and coldness of these characters would leave readers outraged by their thoughtless actions and effects it imposed on their situations. Sin frequently changes a character and affects his/her thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. In "The Scarlet Letter," the sin of adultery has had an enormous effect on two main characters in the book, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmsdale. ... The study of his family ...

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All of the stories illustrated the character's desire for power over others and the consequences brought as a result of power. ... When Hawthorne wrote these stories he showed that the pride and coldness of these characters would leave readers outraged by their thoughtless actions and effects it imposed on their situations. Sin frequently changes a character and affects his/her thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. In "The Scarlet Letter," the sin of adultery has had an enormous effect on two main characters in the book, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmsdale. ... The study of his family ...

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She is emphatic and militant about her causes and compared to Jim's humdrum attitude, this is eye awakening. ... The first story, The Girls In Their Summer Dresses, shows us conflict between two characters and each character's interpretation of love and lust. The second story, Carnal Knowledge, shows us an internal conflict within the main character in the way that he confuses love and lust for a woman and her lifestyle. And finally the third piece, Lust, shows us that we the reader can become part of the conflict based upon our own preconceived notions of what should be the life...

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Now at seventeen years of age I am still that Bubbly little daddy's girl, but In the past 2 years this little girl has had a few, well rude awakenings. ... Ahh yes my rude awakenings, two very heartbreaking events in my life that really touched my emotions. 4 years ago when I was about thirteen years old I was told that My Aunt Michelle, whom was 41 yrs old at the time was diagnosed with Liver cancer. ... Criminal Justice is my main dream, but my three suppressed dreams are to start a Bereavement group for children and young adults dealing with death, Have a family and raise my children ...

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