On June 9, 1870, Kate O"Flaherty married Oscar Chopin of Louisiana in St. ... A poem entitled, "If It Might Be" was just the beginning of Kate Chopin's literary career in 1889 (Chronology 3). ... The Awakening was Chopin's first noted novel, and also her last. ... Chopin finished writing The Awakening in January 1898. ... Kate Chopin never published another piece of work before her death on August 22, 1904. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Kat Chopin - Feminist Writer Kate Chopin best know for her short stories, published in contemporary popular magazines, won her fame as a local colorist with a good ear for dialect and as a writer concerned with women's issues (sexuality, equality, independence). At the height of her fame, she also wrote and published two novels "At Fault" (1890) and "The Awakening" (1899). ... Kate Chopin was born Katherine O"Flaherty in St. ... Chopin's career is cut short when her last novel "The Awakening" is published in 1899. ... She wrote or published very little after the hostility sh...

• Word Count: 649
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• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's book, The Awakening, uses many different literary techniques to entertain readers through her writing. ... The diction that Kate Chopin uses throughout this passage and the whole book was chosen very carefully. ... Kate Chopin's characterization of Edna Pontellier shows a lot about the character's growth throughout the passage and the whole book. ... The characterization that Kate Chopin uses to show the growth of Edna adds to the passage and the entertainment of the book as a whole. ... Kate Chopin's use of literary techniques add to the book in so many way...

• Word Count: 790
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Defining Respect In reading "A Respectable Woman" by Kate Chopin it is apparent that she is very much a realist. ... Chopin's writing is very unconventional for her time. ... Chopin uses sentences of substantial length. ... Baroda is given life with Chopin's words. ... Chopin's intention is to bring an awakening to society regarding the female persona. ...

• Word Count: 514
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• Grade Level: High School

The short story "Desiree's Baby-, by Kate Chopin, incorporates very interesting twists and turns capturing the reader's attention, while provoking thoughts on issues deeper than the text itself. Kate Chopin depicts the ignorance and the stupidity of racism and chauvinism in a realistic way. ... In her novel The Great Awakening, she addresses women's roles in society and relationships with men. ... Kate Chopin was one of these individuals who was down on her luck with six children. ... Kate Chopin was born fourteen years before slavery was abolished so must have had strong fee...

• Word Count: 1926
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The Awakening written by Kate Chopin was considered very shocking when it was first published because of the main character's unconventional behavior. ... After her awakening her life is very short compared to the time that she lives repressed. ...

• Word Count: 499
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Not all authors" lives are reflected in their writing but Kate Chopin's life influenced and paralleled events in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," featured in Michael Meyer's The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. ... According to the article, "Kate Chopin: In Search of Freedom" from Classic Literature Weekly, Chopin lost the life of her father in 1855 to a train accident; he was "one of the first influences in her life" who "found her natural curiosity fascinating and encouraged her interests" (Classic Lit). ... Chopin and Mrs. ... Her most famous and controversial...

• Word Count: 1052
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin and originally published in Vogue on December 16, 1894. This text is one of Kate Chopin's most famous stories and one of the shortest. ... 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). ... Kate Chopin uses irony in which she makes the readers to understand that Mrs. ... Mallard's "heart trouble" is a Kate Chopin's iron...

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

Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" is an excellent short story of tragic irony. ... Throughout the story, Chopin uses various images to reveal the different themes. ... The first instance that the reader witnesses Chopin's imagery is when Louise leaves the company of her sister and her husband's friend and enters her room by herself. ... The smell of rain in the air symbolizes the beginning of life and her new awakening. ... Kate Chopin wrote this short story in 1892. ...

• Word Count: 1009
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School