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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
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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.
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"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."
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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
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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.
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The Second Great Awakening and Women's Roles, 2008.
This paper explores the evolution of women's roles led by religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening.
1,487 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The paper relates that women's roles in America changed drastically between the 17th and the 19th century. The paper explores the widespread changes in morality beliefs and gender roles that were brought on by the religious revival of the Second Great Awakening. The paper shows how women enjoyed more autonomy and empowerment and became larger players in their households.
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"Women's roles in America changed drastically between the 17th century and the 19th century. Early American women experienced a life of necessity, where their activities were structured by the needs of the tight family unit. Through a gradual transformation brought about by such sweeping trends as the Second Great Awakening, women slowly became larger players in their own households, as Progressive movement gained steam. In this time, "religion became infected with notions of free will, of a benign God, and of a society that could be made better by human endeavor" (Ginzberg 6). Thus, a greater emphasis on moral values was a great driving force for this change - by the belief in human endeavor - as women appeared to have more solid moral values."
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The Great Awakening, 2005.
This paper reviews "Pedlar in Divinity: George Whitefield and the Transatlantic Revivals" by Frank Lambert.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The paper discusses how "Pedlar in Divinity: George Whitefield and the Transatlantic Revivals is an interesting book about a fascinating period in history. The author, Frank Lambert, examines the role of George Whitefield in the Great Awakening, which was a powerful religious revival that occurred in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. The paper illustrates how as he presents his main argument and thesis of exploitation, Lambert persuasively explains why Whitefield was a major figure in this religious revival, which was a response to an intense psychological undercurrent in society which reflected a desperate need for change.
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The Great Awakenings in Virginia and Rochester, 2002.
Examining the phenomenon of Protestant religious revival in the 18th and 19th centuries in America.
1,693 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses how American religious history has been marked by recurrent episodes of Protestant revivalism, some local, some widespread. Two of the later, in the first halves of the 18th and 19th centuries respectively, were so widespread as to have been given historical names, the First and Second Great Awakenings. It examines the social conditions surrounding the spread of the first two Great Awakenings and how they varied widely from region to region. This essay concerns the circumstances of the first in Virginia and the second in Rochester, New York. It explains the wave of revivalism in Virginia is more difficult to explain, even though it seems to have had a more durable result, at least in the religious beliefs of the region involved.
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"American religious history has been marked by recurrent episodes of Protestant revivalism, some local, some widespread. Two of the later, in the first halves of the 18th and 19th centuries respectively, were so widespread as to have been given historical names, the First and Second Great Awakenings. (Some present-day evangelicals speak of a Third Great Awakening in recent times.) The social conditions surrounding the spread of the first two Great Awakenings varied widely from region to region. This essay concerns the circumstances of the first in Virginia and the second in Rochester, New York; it will be found that the wave of revivalism in Virginia is more difficult to explain, even though it seems to have had a more durable result, at least in the religious beliefs of the region involved.
Colonial Virginia, as presented by Rhys Isaac in The Transformation of Virginia, was an almost purely rural society, and remained such throughout the late colonial period that is the focus of his study. Even though its economy was closely bound up with commerce, specifically the tobacco trade, the geography lent itself to easy water transport. Tobacco could be shipped directly from plantations, so there was little growth of towns as transshipment points."
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"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
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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.
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""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."
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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
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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.
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"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)."
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"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
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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.
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""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."
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"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
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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.
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"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."
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"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
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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.
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"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."
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"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
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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
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"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."
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?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
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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'.
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"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."
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?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
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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.
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"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."
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"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
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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.
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"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."
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?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
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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.
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"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."
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