THE AWAKENING- as a comment on the 19th century American feminine predicament At the center of THE AWAKENING is Edna Pontellier, a woman of the 19th century who rebels against social constraint of that time and acknowledges her sexual desires. ... In The Awakening, Chopin questions gender roles at the end of the century, but also shows that, because of years of conditioning, many women are unable to escape those roles by any satisfactory means. ... The Awakening opens in Grand Isle, a summer holiday resort where Edna is vacationing with her family. ... If Edna's break with her husba...

• Word Count: 1837
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Rather, she escapes to the garden, which is a symbol of eroticism and sexual awakening throughout the play. ... It is there, in the garden, where Catherine finally experiences her full sexual awakening. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Introduction Ah, how beautiful and gentle the Sleeping Beauty is, how sweet and innocent and nave and vulnerable Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are! How wonderful it is to be rescued by Prince Charming, or a powerful, axe-wielding woodcutter! How romantic, how convenient, how great it is for...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" This particular story, along with "The Awakening" is female oriented. ... A number of her stories including "The Awakening" and "Story of An Hour" feature wives and mothers who feel enslaved. ...

• Word Count: 1852
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Virginia Woolf used the pretense of universality in her writing as a front for her struggle for women's liberty. Despite her rejection of the feminist label, Virginia Woolf's goal in writing To The Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway was to fight for feminist causes, not universal equality. "It seems to ...

• Word Count: 2233
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In this story, Kate Chopin focuses on a late nineteenth- century American woman's striking hour of awakening into individuality, which allows her to live the last moments of her life with a consciousness of life's extensive beauty (Jami 215). ...

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