| Papers [1-15] of 100 :: [Page 1 of 7] | | Go to page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 —> | Search results on "AWAKENING": |
|
|
"The Awakening", 2002.
A review of the novel, "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, illustrating the central motifs of slumber and awakening, and birth and death.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper discusses Kate Chopin's novel, "The Awakening", providing a detailed description of the characters and plot. The paper presents the novel as a lyrical, poetic and tragic story. The two central characters, Adele and Edna, are examined and contrasted. The paper illustrates how the contrast between these two women offers a rich exploration of femininity in all its forms.
From the Paper
""The Awakening", by Kate Chopin, is a story of the awakening of the senses of a 28-year-old woman, Edna Pontellier. She is awakened from the slumber of a staid, regimented, loveless marriage by sensuality in many forms: the novel is drenched in the sensual color of Creole society, the abundant sensuality and open freedom and power of nature, and the sensuality of women, both as sexual beings and as mothers. It is a lyrical, poetic story, and a tragic one, for though Edna awakens to the ?delirium? of ecstatic experiences, she ends up committing adultery and then suicide. Her awakening from the slumber of southern femininity, of patriarchal convention, is real, but the forces she has unleashed are too great to handle. It is as if she has awakened forces that society itself cannot and will not allow. Ironically, Kate Chopin?s book had the same impact on the society of the day. It was too powerful an evocation of a woman?s sensuality, and was so widely criticized that this talented writer basically stopped writing."
| |
|
"The Awakening", 2002.
A review of Kate Chopin's novel, "The Awakening", illustrating the lyrical, poetic story of the protagonist, Edna.
2,069 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper provides a detailed analysis of the book "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, focusing on the central motifs of slumbering and awakening, and sensuality and death. The main character, Edna, is portrayed as a typical Southern wife, becoming aware of her discontents and of the powerful experiences awaiting her. Her process of 'awakening' is examined, and the force of nature in this novel is illustrated.
From the Paper
""The Awakening", by Kate Chopin, is the lyrical, poetic story of a young married woman living a dull, stifling life. Slowly awakening to her discontents and to the power of art, sexuality, and the ?delirium? of ecstatic experiences, she ends up committing adultery and then suicide. Her awakening from the slumber of southern femininity, of patriarchal convention, is real, but the forces she has unleashed are too great to handle. It is as if she has awakened forces that society itself cannot and will not allow. Ironically, Kate Chopin?s book had the same impact on the society of the day. It was too powerful an evocation of a woman?s sensuality, and was so widely criticized that this talented writer basically stopped writing."
| |
|
Music and Noise in "The Awakening", 2005.
Examines the thematic significance of voices, music and noise in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"
1,732 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 55.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
Kate Chopin's novel "The Awakening" (1895) is replete with human and other voices. This paper analyzes voices, conversations, laughter, sobbing, ambient noise, piano music and various other sounds that are described within "The Awakening," especially in terms of how these symbolically underscore the main character Edna Pontellier's "awakening" to her true desires in life.
From the Paper
"Once she learns to swim well, Edna loves swimming in the ocean, where, as she glides and propels herself beneath the waves, she experiences an absence of sound. As Chopin also states, when Edna first realizes she can finally swim on her own, that feeling is so exhilarating to her that "she could have shouted for joy" (The Awakening, Part X, Paragraph 7)."
| |
|
"The Awakening", 2001.
This paper analyzes Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" which details one married woman's oppressive life and how she came out of it.
1,950 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper details the oppressive lives that women led in the 1800's and tells the tale of one married woman and how she coped. In "The Awakening", the protagonist discovers her sense of individuality and her sexual passions and has an affair in order to fulfill these needs. She becomes awakened and more aware of herself and leaves her husband. This paper also includes a critique of "The Awakening" by Woman's Rights movements.
From the Paper
"The Awakening, which might have been more aptly titled, The Sexual Awakening shocked the delicate and rigid sensibilities of Kate Chopin?s contemporaries of 1899, although many of those contemporaries were slowly experiencing awakenings of their own. In telling the story of a married woman who begins to realize that she is an individual human being, rather than a nonentity made up of female roles assigned by a male-dominated society, Chopin immediately struck resonant chords and rocked an already unbalanced boat. Rarely is such extreme reaction achieved unless the subject matter has deep roots tapping into the unspoken truth, and in this situation, the truth being dealt with was that of female oppression."
| |
|
"The Awakening" and The Life of Kate Chopin, 2008.
A brief analysis of the life of Kate Chopin and a review of the theme of her work, "The Awakening."
776 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper describes the life of Kate Chopin and reviews her book, "The Awakening." It begins by providing an overview of Chopin's early life and discusses how she began to publish stories and then went on to become a serious and prolific writer. The paper then focuses on her work, "The Awakening," written in 1899. It specifically looks at how Chopin may have been expressing some of her deepest feelings and emotions through the character of Edna.
From the Paper
"Kate married Oscar Chopin when she was 20 years old, and spent her honeymoon in Europe. Oscar was a successful cosmopolitan cotton broker from New Orleans, and shortly after marriage, the couple moved there to begin their married life and eventually raise a family. Oscar was a surprisingly accommodating husband in this male dominated society, and Kate took advantage of every opportunity of her freedoms. She "took long solitary walks, daringly showed her ankles when lifting her skirts to cross a street, smoked cigarettes and kept an intermittent diary" (Lichtenstein). She did not hide her obvious intelligence nor did she hide her disdain and rebellious attitude for "proper society" (Lichtenstein). Oscar died only 12 years after the couple married, but in that time, Kate bore him six children and performed the role of the perfect homemaker as society expected."
| |
|
"The Awakening", 2001.
A review of the novel, "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, with a focus on men and the quality of life.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This book examines the characters in the story "The Awakening." The author details the relationships between the male and female characters in this story. The story takes place during a time when women were first beginning to realize that they were being treated badly and were beginning to assert their independence. The men in her Edna's life are portrayed as possessive, cowardly and self-serving who only try to help themselves. The author traces Edna's awakening and the beginning of her journey to a better life and time.
From the Paper
"Robert is the cowardly man in Edna?s life. He is a man who ?each summer at Grand Isle had committed himself the devoted attendant of some fair dame of damsel..sometimes a young girl or a widow; but more often as not some interesting married woman?(53). He revels in the fact that Edna is attracted to him, but is cowardly when he comes to feel that love full-force. He shows his cowardly ways in his note ?Good-bye -because I love you?(172). Loving Edna would create too many hardships for him so he runs away. Again, she is put in despair by another man because her whole life seems to depend more on their actions and feelings that upon her own. The value of life itself is diminished by the hurt of each man she tangles with."
| |
|
The Great Awakening, 2002.
Discusses the beginnings of racial and social equality brought about by the Great Awakening.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The concept of a fundamental human nature is pervasive in the Great Awakening. Women and African- Americans alike both received a more progressive social standing through the Great Awakening. This paper demonstrates how this process occurred.
| |
|
?The Awakening?, 2002.
An analysis of the book ?The Awakening? by Kate Chopin.
1,415 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 47.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The paper discusses and analyzes "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, a book about a young woman, Edna Pontellier, who is restrained by her marriage and the responsibilities of being a woman in the 1800s. The paper examines the various relationships in the novel and the character of Edna before and after her 'awakening'.
From the Paper
"Although it was unusual for a woman to have her own interests outside of the family, Edna, clung to her hobby of painting. She used painting as a way to further gain her freedom. Painting was the one thing that the men could not take away. It became a mechanism for escape. It took great courage for her to stand up against her husband and insist that she paint. Although it was probably unlikely for a woman to be a great painter in her time, Edna took on the hobby as a talent in which she wanted to excel."
| |
|
The Great Awakening, 1995.
An analysis of the Great Awakening and the growth of religious awareness.
2,057 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 64.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines how the Great Awakening can be defined as a period of religious revivalism during the mid-18th century in colonial America. It discusses how the Great Awakening was a period of religious persuasion and explosive emotion, which affected society's thoughts on religion and the individual's role in society.
From the Paper
"Many historians describe the Great Awakening as an American, "Calvinist, religious revival in which converts acknowledged their sinfulness without expecting salvation." Yet, because much of Western Europe was imbued with the same type of religious emotionalism (which many texts refer to as "Quietism" ) at the time of the Great Awakening, and because the new American ideals for religion resembled European thinking, historians also agree that the Great Awakening was not an isolated, domestic phenomenon; rather, it was a component (maybe even the main component) contributing to a broader international movement."
| |
|
?The Awakening?, 2005.
An analysis of the theme of class and social structure in Kate Chopin's ?The Awakening?.
1,706 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines how Kate Chopin?s ?The Awakening" is often seen in critical literature primarily from the perspective of feminist criticism because the story involves the metaphorical awakening of self in a woman living under the constraints of conservative, nineteenth century, patriarchal, Creole society in and around New Orleans. It discusses how, although the story is about liberation and its protagonist is a woman, Chopin?s novel can also be seen from a perspective that engages how the work deals with issues of social class and the function of society in the ways in which it relates to the individual. It attempts to show how it is as much a story about class and social structure as it is a story about the liberation of its protagonist.
From the Paper
"In terms of the metaphorical awakening of the novel?s title, Chopin is seen by some scholars to be making a statement that is somewhat wry. Edna Pontellier, the novel?s protagonist, is a woman who lives in the upper crust of a conservative and wealthy Creole society which spends summers in the sophisticated upper-class atmosphere of Grand Isle, and lives otherwise in luxurious conditions in New Orleans. This section of society, which is practically the only one displayed in the novel, is
relatively free in material terms to pursue pleasure and leisure."
| |
|
"The Awakening", 2008.
An analysis of the female characters and their similarities to their creator, in "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
4,532 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper discusses the female characters in "The Awakening," written by Kate Chopin. It shows how the characters share certain experiences and attitudes with their creator, both for good and ill. The paper begins by providing a background to the life and writing career of Kate Chopin. It then focuses on the two characters of Edna Pontellier and Adele Ratignolle in the book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Kate Chopin
The Awakening
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Edna is the central character and also the woman who mirrors certain aspects of Chopin's life. She is a woman who feels enslaved by her domestic role and who chafes so at this role that she finally prefers to commit suicide rather than continue, even after she has freed herself from her reticence to express herself and to do so through her artistic endeavors. She is first a frustrated artist, but more deeply she is a frustrated human being who cannot abide in a world that treats her as less important because she is a woman. Her relationship with her husband has long been damaging to he, and whie her relationships with Robert and Arobin free her from certain ideas and help awaken her to a different vision of herself, those affairs are also destructive in the end. Edna is a woman who cannot live in the sort of society in which she finds herself, and she makes the choice to leave life rather than do so. This extreme reaction is not why the novel was treated so badly when first published, and the reason it was can be found in a society that did not want to recognize the singular needs and abilities of women outside the narrow role given them in the home."
| |
|
"The Awakening", 2002.
This paper is a review of Kate Chopin's book, "The Awakening."
2,440 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper is an analysis of the book, "The Awakening," that was published in the late 19th century and reflects upon the life of women during this period in history. The story revolves around the family vacation and the events that transpire during this summer. Edna, the main character meets a young man and begins a love affair with him that will mark the beginning of her transformation. According to the author, Edna is already unhappy with her life as it is and is looking for other outlets to fulfill her needs and desires as both a woman and mother. She is trapped in the society and the status to which she was born into and as a result, feels that her life has no meaning or purpose. The author feels that "the awakening" that she undergoes during this summer released a flurry of feelings and purpose in Edna, that ultimately she could not handle. She was ahead of her times, but her own fragile emotional state made her unable to handle these changes and lead to her untimely death at her own hands.
From the Paper
"Even Edna?s relationship with Robert changed after her awakening. Although they usually met and enjoyed each other?s company during harmless outings at the beach, after her awakening, she didn?t wait for him to come and get her. She sent for him. I also found it refreshing that she fell asleep while on a particular outing with him. It seems that she had the first refreshing sleep that she?d had in a long time. When she awoke, she said that she felt as if she had been asleep for 100 years. I wonder if the author meant that statement as a metaphor to her awakening. Mrs. Reizt?s playing is the catalyst for Edna?s awakening. Her change of mood is quite evident in the following passage."
| |
|
?The Lover? and ?The Awakening?, 2005.
A comparative analysis of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and Marguerite Duras' "The Lover".
1,841 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines how both Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and Marguerite Duras' "The Lover" address what happens when a woman searches for a way to leave her present life behind and seek a new one that may, or may not, be any better. It looks at how in "The Awakening", 28-year-old Edna Pontellier struggles for self hood but does not have the strength to accept the ramifications of this possibility. In "The Lover", the 15-year-old female narrator embraces self-awareness and uses her acquired strength to widen life's possibilities.
From the Paper
"The Awakening takes place at the end of the 19th century, when the Western world was beginning to undergo major changes due to the Industrial Revolution and increased urbanization. Although women were beginning to envision a less-restrained future, they were still, for the most part, bound by tradition to be subservient to their husbands. Middle- and upper-class women were expected to stay at home as idle, decorative symbols of their husband's wealth--entertaining friends and business associates and caring for children and their spouse's needs. They spent their other hours playing music and singing, visiting friends, or reflecting well on their husbands reputations in other ways. Despite the fact that women often brought a dowry to a marriage, wives were possessions."
| |
|
?The Awakening? of Edna Pontellier, 2003.
A literary and symbolic analysis of "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
1,758 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper analyses Chopin's female lead character, Edna Pontellier, as she "awakens" throughout the novel. Symbolism is drawn from the many references the ocean, once caged and subsequently released birds and through interactions of Edna with both her husband, Leonce Pontellier and the male suitor, Robert Lebrun. It covers the "post-awakening" of Edna up to and including her suicide.
From the Paper
"The first paragraphs of The Awakening describe a caged parrot, opposite a caged mocking bird, both hanging outside the doors of a vacation cottage, located at the Grand Isle resort. The caged birds certainly bear symbolic reference to the novel's female study, Edna Pontellier. Although confined and restricted, Mrs. Pontellier exists somewhat blissfully within her aristocratic society, squawking and chirping with little resolve or conviction. Moreover, the caged birds symbolize the naive Edna Pontellier, the fledgling creature, who, although she despises her perceived captivity, is yet unaware of an alternative."
| |
|
Kate Chopin's ?The Awakening?, 2005.
This paper discusses the gender and social critique in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening".
3,635 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 101.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explains that, although one can certainly argue whether Edna was an exemplary early feminist or if she was merely a selfish woman who chose the easy path in the end, the text of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" is valuable outside of its literary aspect because it contains a great deal of revealing information about the nature of gender relationships in the Victorian era and defines its feminine response by detailing the setting of the story. The author points out that the fine line between author, narrator and heroine is crossed in this story as the author presents her most intense convictions about the role of women in Victorian society: Chopin often presents a model of a certain ideal of the Victorian age and then offers the antithesis. The paper states that, although Chopin attempts a realistic view of the time period and women's struggle in society, she misses her objective to demonstrate the oppression of the character Edna by her choice of this character's behavior and instead leaves the reader with a message of contradiction.
From the Paper
"As a side note, it should be remembered that Chopin had enjoyed great success as a writer of "local color" stories that dealt mildly with issues of gender and sexuality but that "The Awakening" did not receive the great praise of her other, more "tame" stories. She died only a few years after the publication and subsequent ill reception of the story of Edna's awakening and in this sense, it hard to separate Chopin from her female heroine. Chopin had been raised in an intellectually open environment and was less familiar with the typical marital relationships of the Victorian era than many of her contemporaries. This set her apart as a unique, but ultimately too potent writer in a literary period that had not yet awakened to the more modern notions of feminism."
|
|
|
