"There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water"---Kate Chopin Throughout her life, Kate Chopin had many female influences. ... Chopin grew up surrounded with tragedy. ... Throughout her life, Kate Chopin became an independent and successful writer, creating opportunities on her own. ... It shows her "awakening" to her unique femininity and independence. ... Edna shares one important character with Kate Chopin. ...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is forced to strive to fit in with everyone and everything around her. ... You are burnt beyond recognition." " Kate Chopin adds that Mr. ... Throughout the novel, Edna encounters many "awakenings" of her own. ... Indeed, Kate Chopin does a sufficient job of portraying Edna's pain and frustration throughout the novel. ... The combination of these elements and Kate Chopin's unique writing style is what makes this novel so distinguished in American Literature. ...

• Word Count: 638
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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. ... In The Awakening, this aspect of Romanticism is not so clear. ... One way Chopin shows this is through Robert Lebrun. ...

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

"I love you, only you, no one but you. It was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream. Oh! you have made me so unhappy with your indifference. Oh! I have suffered, suffered! Now you are here we shall love each other, my Robert. We shall be everything to each other. Nothing else...

• Word Count: 455
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Edna Pontellier was a literary figure on the edge when The Awakening was written. ... The gradual breaking up of the pontilliers is a pillar in The Awakening. ... Throughout the writing Chopin seems to almost exaggerate the fact that Mr. ... Kate Chopin created a character that was multi-faceted and generally unacceptable in her time. ... The catalyst of Edna's awakening was the variety of characters that all fit their archetypical roles. ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

An analysis of the relationships presented in the novels The Awakening and Madame Bovary will be given. In The Awakening, Edna marries Leonce Pontellier, a wealthy New Orleans businessman. ... (Chopin 173) Soon after, Chopin again describes Edna in Leonce's eyes, he says she is "the sole object of his existence."" ... (Deyo 112) As Edna progresses further into her "awakening,"" Leonce sees it instead as mental illness. ... Mademoiselle Reisz is a friend to Edna in The Awakening. ...

• Word Count: 3600
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's The Awakening was written during a time when husbands were viewed as the protector and the provider of the family and wives were viewed as "mother-women" and housewives. ... Edna Pontellier, the protagonist of Chopin's The Awakening seeks to defy convention by transforming from the wife and mother society expects her to be to a self-sufficient woman that follows her own ambitions and desires. ... Chapter ten details a pivotal event in Edna's life in which she learns to swim, a metaphor for her awakening. ... It is not until the second to the last chapter o...

• Word Count: 1097
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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 Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, individuality and independence play an important role in the development of Edna and the changes in her life. ... While Edna discovers her individuality, her sexual awakening rekindles when Robert returns from his trip. ... Throughout The Awakening, Edna tries to get away from Leonce and anything that she is forced to do. ... This self-realization became Edna's awakening to become an individual away from her life. ... Edna becomes depressed in The Awakening because in her situation, she does not conform to her specific standards. ...

• Word Count: 2270
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School