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Kate Reid, 2003.
A dramatic biography of Kate Reid
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper presents a biography of Canadian actress Kate Reid, considered one of the foremost actresses of Canadian theatre. It discusses her personal philosophy as an actress. The paper describes her professional debut and style of acting. It mentions plays she appeared in in Canada and New York. The author expands on her film and television work.
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"Kate Reid long considered one of the foremost actresses of Canadian Theatre was born Daphne Kate Reid in November in London England. She spent the first years of her life in England until the death of her father when she and her mother moved to Oakville Ontario ..."
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Stuart Reid's "All the King's Army", 2004.
Reviews Stuart Reid's book, "All the King's Army", about military events in the United Kingdom.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents a historiographical review of the military history book, "All the King's Army", by Stuart Reid. The paper examines Reid's interpretation of the military events in the United Kingdom from 1642 to 1651 as well as the book's focus on military strategy.
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"Stuart Reid's "All the King's Armies" is a fully-researched interpretation of the military events in the United Kingdom. He begins by setting up the divisions that would characterize the civil war. King Charles' pro-Rome tendencies trickled into the rural areas through the local squires and ministers while Parliament's pro-Protestant tendencies were stronger in the industrialized towns and commercial centers.i Reid then outlines Charles' clumsy attempts to bring Protestant Scotland into line with his religious reforms that only resulted in the National..."
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Kate Chopin, 2006.
A summary of the main works of Kate Chopin and the reactions to them.
1,733 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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The paper portrays Kate Chopin as a brilliant author and a fighter for women's rights in society. The paper centers on the book by Chopin,"The Awakening" which is a frank portrayal of a woman's social, sexual, and spiritual awakening. The paper criticizes the critics of Chopin's book who denounced it and caused it to be banned from general use. Finally the author concludes,in his opinion, that Kate Chopin was too early for her time in her opinions, but in modern day she would have been accepted.
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"Whether readers understood many of the implied messages in Chopin's stories, they enjoyed the fine detail of her style, spare in its narrative but shaped by sensual detail of the soft southern nights, of the delights of food and dancing, of flirtation and sexual anticipation. But when Edna Pontellier, raised in Presbyterian propriety and a mother of two sons, responds to another Alcee, Chopin, the public thought, had gone too far. "I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier's possessions to dispose of or not" she tells the young man she loves: "I give myself where I choose. "
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The Stories of Kate Chopin, 2004.
This paper discusses the use of a Southern locale in the stories of Kate Chopin.
2,060 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that Kate Chopin is recognized by many critics as one of the best regional writers who uses settings depicting circumstances common in the Deep South in the 19th century. The author points out that Chopin was more interested in the emotional development of her characters than social settings because, while many Southern writers romanticized slavery, Chopin generally presented her characters with a certain amount of dignity and focused on the interior life of the individual rather than slavery as a social issue. The paper concludes that Kate Chopin?s stories help us understand the power of culture and the way it operates on many levels; her Southern locales add richness to her stories and allow us to comprehend the society in which she lived and wished to depict.
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"After her husband?s death, Chopin returned to St. Louis where she published her first novel at the age of 39. Her stories reflect the environment she was accustomed to, specifically the Acadians and the mid-Louisiana parishes of Natcitoches and Avoyelles. Collar (2003) maintains that Chopin was what we would call a ?New Woman?. She was independent and supported herself financially. Her personal experiences undoubtedly paved the way for the independent female characters we encounter in many of her stories."
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Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", 2007.
This paper analyzes the situation of women in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour".
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that "The Story of an Hour", written in 1894, by Kate Chopin could be the story of any married woman in the days when divorce was only possible if the woman could prove adultery and always attached a social stigma that made the woman "a grass widow". The author points out that Kate Chopin (1851-1904) didn't start writing until after her husband died; therefore, the story may express her own experience and feelings about the lack of freedom for married women. The paper concludes that the ending is ironic because the reader knows that the protagonist Louise Mallard didn't die of the "joy that kills" but rather she couldn't go back to being the woman she had been before her enlightenment.
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"Psychologist Abraham Maslow devised a hierarchy of human needs in which the need for self-actualization was at the top (Boeree, 1998, 2006). Women were largely prevented from satisfying the need for self-actualization because of what being a wife and mother demanded--marriage was supposed to be the focus and reason for her whole life. It seems likely at the beginning of the story that Louise Mallard embraces this 19th century consciousness of what true womanhood is, that she has indeed tried her best to be domestic, pious, pure, and obedient. "
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Kate Chopin and Historical Realism, 2005.
Examines themes in two works by Kate Chopin to show realism from her time period.
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The significance of life. Responsibility to the soul. The eternal rights of women. Freedom. These are only a few of the themes addressed in "The Awakening" and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. The paper shows that, without a doubt, Kate Chopin wrote of issues that appear to be before their time, yet it is exactly this insight into life during the Victorian era that makes her writing significant. The paper shows that b presenting her themes superimposed on life's events of her era, she illustrates that short fiction can give us insight into various historical periods. Historical fiction can provide contemporary readers a glimpse of realism from the past.
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"In "The Story of An Hour" Kate Chopin brings to the reader's attention one of the methods women in her era achieved their personal freedom - the untimely death of their husband. Divorce and separation in our era has easily replaced the morbid need for a husband to die in order for the woman to become herself. In Chopin's time, women usually had no method to support themselves without a husband; women who left their husbands were often looked upon by society as being unfit women. "The Story of An Hour" gives us a brief insight into Mrs. Mallard's longing desire for freedom."
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Kate Chopin?s Literary Works, 2002.
An analysis of the books, "The Storm" and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
2,160 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper discusses two literary works by Kate Chopin - "The Storm" and "The Story of an Hour". The paper explains how Chopin has vented her sexuality through the main characters in these two books, Calixta and Louise. The paper shows how she made her personal views on sexuality public, while at that time no woman could do so; how she steered forward if not directly then indirectly with the help of Calixta and Louise.
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"Kate Chopin?s ?The Storm? and ?The Story of an Hour? constitute honored literature as her view points depict thinking far ahead of time. As she constructs in depth the story she reveals to the world different aspects that culminated in the society then, and how the sexes reacted to it. Abstaining from unrealistic approach, she limited herself to the developing field of human emotions and the trial they may stand or result as a consequence of one. "
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Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", 2008.
This paper discuses the dilemma of the protagonist Edna in Kate Chopin's novel about Victorian society, "The Awakening" .
3,515 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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The paper explains that the character Edna in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" longs for freedom and finds it only to realize that the freedom she found cannot exist in her Victorian world. The author points out that, although it is debatable whether Edna was acting out of noble motives or was merely a selfish woman who chose the easy way out, the story mirrors the plight of women in the early twentieth century. The paper relates that this book reveals much information about gender relationships in the Victorian era by depicting the tragic story of Victorian women trapped in a world in which they did not belong. The author stresses that, while some people have suggested that Chopin was a feminist ahead of her time, categorizing this work as feminist or Victorian is a mistake because of the complex setting of the story itself and the complex nature of the time period.
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"This image, while short and appearing to only establish setting, is filled with a number of insights into the Victorian mindset and understanding of femininity. Madame Ratignolle is the perfect "mother-women", contrasted to the explicit statement that Edna is not . Here the readers are shown at a distance, a woman in white (the essence of purity, of course) with immense grace, who may at first appear royal and near-divine. As the children come and "cling to her skirts", she lavishes her words of affirmation on them, opening her arms to receive them, doling out grace and divine dispensations."
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Kate Chopin, 2002.
A biographical essay on the author Kate Chopin.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper traces the life and writings of author, Kate Chopin. It looks at her origins and early life. It then moves on to a brief analysis of her most important work, "The Awakening", focusing on what sparked the rediscovery of her works by the feminist movement of the 1960's and 70's.
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"A once successful 19th Century writer, Kate Chopin faded into obscurity for decades. During the feminist era of the late 1960?s and ?70?s, her writings were rediscovered and her critical popularity has made her forever a writer of renown. Her novel, ?The Awakening? that launched the demise of her fame when it was shunned for its sensuality, is now included on standard college literature reading lists. She is now spoken of in the same breath as Flannery O?Connor and other southern women writers. Although asleep for decades, she re-emerged as brilliant color on the landscape of American literature."
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Awakening by Kate Chopin, 2002.
A literary review of "Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper presents a book review on the "Awakening" by Kate Chopin. The review picks out one aspect of the book-the character's coming out-and tells why this point is of particular importance.
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Kate Chopin: Woman Out of Her Time, 2002.
A comparison of three short stories by Kate Chopin.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper compares the three short stories by Kate Chopin: "Story of an Hour", ?A Respectable Woman? and ?Regret?. It considers symbolism, style, tone, setting and perspective in these stories. The paper demonstrates this through the writer?s examination of how emotions and events are depicted with the positive and negative impacts of marriage, as interpreted by a reader.
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"Kate Chopin was a woman out of her time. Her writing looks at the role of women in a society where they are constrained by the societal frameworks and ideas of propriety. This is reflected in the way that marriage is presented in a truly feminist perspective in her stories.
The subjects of Chopin's books have many common themes including the emotions of women and the analogy of youth. If we look at the way in which marriage was viewed with both positive and negative aspects we may gain a more comprehensive understanding of her work."
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Kate Atkinson's "Human Croquet", 2005.
Analysis of the symbolism of trees in Kate Atkinson's novel, "Human Croquet".
1,036 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the novel, "Human Croquet," by Kate Atkinson. Specifically, the paper discusses the importance of trees in the novel and how they form the setting, the permanence, and the mystery that surrounds the story.
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"Throughout this quirky novel, the author refers to trees, and the importance they play in our lives. In fact, she even equates the heroine, Isobel, to a tree. She writes, "My body a trunk, my feet taproots, my toes probing like pale little moles through the dark soil. My head a crown of leaves growing towards the light" (Atkinson 25). The novel uses trees as symbols of life, and as symbols of death, for the forests are forever disappearing. Isobel lives on a street named for a tree and lined with trees. Trees are present everywhere in the book; so much so that the reader begins to take them for granted, just as people take them for granted every day. The trees symbolize everything missing in modern life, and how people take the most common things for granted, never thinking that one day they will disappear."
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Kate Chopin, 2002.
A discussion of the author, Kate Chopin, including a brief overview of some of her works.
929 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper describes the life and works of Kate Chopin, author of short stories, such as "A Pair of Silk Stockings", "The Kiss" and "A Respectable Woman", and novels, such as "The Awakening" and "At Fault". The paper outlines her writing career and examines her writing style, through brief descriptions of some of her literary works. The fact that Chopin's writings were ahead of their time, is constantly mentioned in the paper.
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"Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was born Katherine O?Flaherty in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850. She didn?t begin her writing career until after 1882, the year in which her husband, Oscar Chopin died (Toth). She spent several years publishing short stories, based on the Creole and Cajun cultures of Louisiana, where she and Oscar had lived. Her first novel, At Fault, was published in 1890. It was her second novel The Awakening that caused the backlash of the press because of Chopin?s depiction of a woman with a developing sense of independence, and sexual discovery (Toth). This novel has since become her masterpiece and legacy, and what she is remembered for. She died in 1904, long before her genius was truly recognized or appreciated."
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The Literary Significance of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", 2005.
An analysis of the reasons for the banning of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening".
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" has been publicly ridiculed for years due to its "liberal" ideologies of the rights of women. After having the publication of the novel halted for indecency in the late 19th century, Chopin's work was revived in 1960 as a classic depiction of women's roles of the era. This essay explores the reasoning behind the negative criticisms and forms of banishment that were placed on Chopin's work.
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"At a time when the ideals of women's rights were emerging, it only seemed natural that the literary world would follow suit. As early as 1820 through 1830, women began to advocate their rights in a previously patriarchal society discussing the options of birth control and liberal divorce through radical journals of civil rights. In 1869, the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was formed in Boston, and by 1870 several journals such as Women's Journal and The Woman Voter (New York) emerged supporting women's right to vote. Despite the fight for equality, upon the publication of Kate Chopin's The Awakening critics abhorred the novelette and gawked at the thought of a woman fighting for her individuality through sexuality and art. It is through these short-lived attempts to stifle Chopin's second, and last novel that invariably ascended the literary piece to its future claim in the history of classical American literature as "[o]ne of the most often taught of all American novels" (Bernard Koloski)."
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Kate Chopin's Short Stories, 2005.
This paper reviews the short stories "Desiree's Baby" and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that these short stories by Kate Chopin show clear insight into women's liberation for the protagonists Desiree and Mrs. Mallard. The author points out that the slow process of change from submissive wife to independent woman are clear as Chopin reveals the critical turning points which allow these women to separate themselves from their dominating husbands. The paper describes the way that the women in these stories learn independence and freedom from domestic patriarchal institutions.
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"This study examines the transformation of male dominated women into independent heroines within the short stories: "Desiree's Baby" and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. By analyzing these feminist tales, a transformation takes place that reverses both Mrs. Mallard and Desiree from victims of patriarchal households, into women with free ambitions to be govern their own lives. Chopin, in these two stories, presents women that do not wish to live under the domination of their husbands, and take the necessary steps to achieve independent lives. In the story "Desiree's Baby", Chopin presents Desiree as a woman who is unaware that she has African American roots in her lineage. Armand, her cruel slave-owning husband marries her, but does not tell her that she and her baby are both related to the slaves on the plantation."
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