They lived and married in societies, which were culturally similar in beliefs. Women were expected, and even taught in school, to be submissive to men. Chopin's grandmother often told stories consisting of "women struggling with morality, freedom, convention, and desire" in a repressed society (Classic Lit). Chopin gained knowledge and developed her own beliefs from these stories, in which she would later express in her writing. In the article "Ahead of Her Time," Christina Ker describes Chopin's life as a "southern debutante" who was going to be inevitably "thrown together with young men of her social class and prepared for her expected role of wife and mother." Chopin's upbringing by all women and no men "may not have prepared her to completely accept the societal limitations of such a role" (Ker). Although surrounded by societal repression of women, Chopin "continued to violate all the rules of expected female behavior" (Classic Lit). .
Mrs. 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. She was a young woman, but the lines on her face "bespoke repression" (Meyer 11). Her husband was in control and this type of behavior was socially acceptable. Mrs. Mallard was living in a male-dominated society and could not wait to be freed. Approaching this feeling of freedom, Mrs. Mallard "was striving to beat it back with her will" (Meyer 11). She was taught to be submissive and was unsure of how to act following this feeling of great loss and sudden freedom. .
Chopin and Mrs. Mallard gain a sense of freedom and passion in Klinger 3.
their lives. After dealing with her husband and mother's deaths, Chopin found her outlet in writing. Her family doctor "encouraged her to write short stories as a form of therapy" (Classic Lit). 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).
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