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This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of characterization in the works of Chopin. Examples are used to promote the idea that her characterizations are dependent upon a subversion of patriarchal norms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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works which are largely seated within a different historical context which, while it is certain that many elements of the patriarchal power structure remain evidence in contemporary Western society, is
somewhat unapproachable. A more suitable American analogue to these writers is Kate Chopin, whose novels and short stories feature a number of empowered female characters who struggle to define themselves
against barbarous and repressive cultural norms in narrative structures that are often quite psychologically and thematically rich. In works such as "The Awakening", "The Story of an Hour", and "The
Storm", Chopin demonstrates how feminine identity within a patriarchal system is necessarily subversive, and is often define in the context of its subversion of cultural norms and symbols. This
section of the paper helps the writer establish a research question. While earlier examples of feminist literature are focused on the main characters, including popular favorites such as Jane Eyre
and Elizabeth Bennet, attempting to achieve a level of equality through a kind of cultural compromise. Yes, such characters do eventually get married or enter into careers traditionally thought of
as "feminine" at the time (teachers and governesses, for example), but they do so on their own terms, after holding themselves aloof until the conditions of their acquiescence are met
through achieving an understanding with the men who occupy the true stations of power in those narratives. Chopin, by way of contrast, is substantially more subversive; her characters tend to
achieve a sense of heroism through establishing their identity through the subversion of the patriarchal culture, rather than through a compromise with it. This paper will attempt to address the
question of how, in particular, Chopin manages to derive a sense of narrative heroism through the use of cultural subversion. As a brief note upon the methodology used to
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