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An 8 page essay that analyzes four stories by nineteenth century author Kate Chopin: "The Story of an Hour," "Ripe Figs," "A Respectable Woman," and "The Storm." The writer argues that Chopin, as a nineteenth century woman, focused her writing on the emotional experience of the women of her era. While many of these problems concern the severe societal expectations and restrictions under which women operated during the Victorian era, other aspects of her writing are more universal, relating to the emotions of women, their longings and their sexuality. By presenting her own unique focus, Chopin portrayed a vision of womanhood that provides a sharp contrast to the desexualized, stoic ideal of her era. No additional sources cited.
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the severe societal expectations and restrictions under which women operated during the Victorian era, other aspects of her writing are more universal, relating to the emotions of women, their
longings and their sexuality. By presenting her own unique focus, Chopin portrayed a vision of womanhood that provides a sharp contrast to the desexualized, stoic ideal of her era. Chopins
characters still seem alive and speak to the modern reader because she based them on reality, rather than the idealized conception of femininity that was prevalent during the nineteenth century.
In a very brief short story that Chopin refers to as an "idle" entitled "Ripe Figs," she offers a brief little character sketch that shows the youthful
enthusiasm and impatience of a girl as she waits for a promised trip. The use of French in this story marks its location as Louisiana, probably close to New
Orleans. A Creole mother, Maman-Nainaine, informs her goddaughter Babette that she can visit her cousins at Bayou-Boeuf when the figs ripen. Chopin writes, "Not that the ripening of figs had
the least thing to do with it" (Ripe Figs). Chopin conveys Babettes energy and youthful exuberance with her well-chosen descriptions. She is as "restless as a humming-bird" and she
"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marbles" (Ripe Figs). Finally,
Babette is thrilled to find the figs are ripe. Chopin captures the girls mood by writing that the sight of the ripe figs made her "sing and dance the
whole day long" (Ripe Figs). She arranges several of them on a plate as a way of announcing to her mother that it is time to fulfill her promise. Maman-Nainaine
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