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In twelve pages the analysis of this 1893 American short story includes a discussion of symbolism, traces a literary theme through several works, examines cultural and historical impacts on the story, considers how it portrays the human condition and depiction of female characters. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.
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The daughter of a prominent (and strong-willed) Irishman, Kate was extremely well read at an early age, and her fascination for fairytales was life-long. At the age of 20,
she married businessman Oscar Chopin, and relocated to New Orleans (Boynton 50). During their time there, the Chopins became active members of the New Orleans social scene, freely "moving
across the boundaries that historically had sharply separated the people of those cultures" (Boynton 50-51). After ten years of marriage and six children, Oscar Chopin succumbed to malaria, and
shortly after returning to her hometown of St. Louis, Chopin turned to writing to support her many children (Boynton 51). Her success came quickly, and soon her short stories
were being featured in regional magazines, and later in national publications such as Vogue (Boynton 51). Chopin also found work as a French translator, and she became an accomplished
student of how fiction could be structured and stylized with the assistance of Guy de Maupassants short stories (Boynton 51). De Maupassants descriptive narratives and surprising plot twists are
evident in one of Kate Chopins first short story efforts, "Desirees Baby," written in either 1892 or 1893. In her analysis of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number
and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly condensed prose of a text of only 2,152 words, culminating with a stunning final twist which catches all
readers unaware" (38). The symbols in "Desirees Baby" accentuate the contrast between light and darkness, frequently describing Desiree as being dressed "in her soft white muslins and laces" and the
"dark, handsome face" of Armand (Chopin 440, 441). When Desirees mother, Madame Valmonde, began to question the racial disposition of her grandson, she "walked with it over to the
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