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This 20 page essay contains 3 essays of roughly 1500 words each on the following works, all of which pertain to women: Kate Chopin's The Awakening; Toni Morrison's Sula and a play by Michel Tremblay, Les Belles-Soeurs. No additional sources cited.
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Research Compiled By - March, 2012 properly! Kate Chopins The Awakening: Marriage
and Independence In Kate Chopins controversial novel The Awakening, which was first published in 1899, the narrative encompasses two marriages, demonstrating the perspectives on marriage of two women: the
protagonist, Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. The novel was considered shocking because Chopin incorporates issues that were never discussed in polite society, such as sexuality, adultery, and suicide.
Examination of the narrative reveals Chopins principal theme, which argues that the gender expectations for women that were evident during in turn of the twentieth century America were too restrictive
to meet the emotional and psychological needs of women, such as Edna. This theme is evident in the way that Chopin contrasts Ednas behavior against the behavior of Adele, as
well as in the her relationships with men, and, in particular, by the way in which Chopin portrays Ednas suicide. From Ednas perspective, Chopin explains societys gender expectation towards
women, which is that they should be concerned solely with their duties as wife and mother. Chopin describes the women who adhere to this societal dictum as "mother-women," indicating that
these are women who idolize their children, worship their husbands, and seem to consider it a "holy privilege" to devote their lives to ministering to their families (Chopin 51). Edna
realizes that she is not such a woman; however, her friend Adele fits this paradigm perfectly. Adele is beautiful and selfless, so much so, that a husband that did
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