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A 5 page review of the role of women in terms of their societal class and race. The author asserts that while there are many peripheral female characters in “The Awakening” each is treated as though she is invisible both by Chopin and her protagonist “Edna Pontellier”. This paper attempts to provide an understanding of the importance of those women and the reason they were treated as though they were invisible. Not only does economics play a role in that perception of invisibility, so too does race. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPchopin.rtf
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Chopins "The Awakening" was originally written during the 1890s. This was a time of vast changes in both the literary world and the
industrial world (Fleissner, 1996). One of the direct outcomes of this change was that this decade produced a number of feminist authors. Chopin joined the ranks of Gilman,
Jewett, and Freeman, female authors who all had undoubtedly been inspired to a certain degree by the changing status of middle class women in the United States (Fleissner, 1996).
The middle class was not the only class, however, to be affected by the changes which occurred in this time period. So too, were the lower class women of
Chopins time affected. It can be contended, however, that feminist literature such as Chopins "The Awakening" reflect lower class women almost as non-entities. They exist largely as support
characters for the heroine of the story. This is indeed unfortunate given the importance of these women at the turn of the twentieth century and the tremendous leaps and
bounds which they too were making in terms of their societal roles. Fleissner supports the contention that it was in the 1890s when
social change would be rampant and that this change would be reflected time and time again in the literary world. Although authors such as Chopin played an important role
in implementing this change, this change cannot be solely credited to the literary world. Industrialization would, in fact, be the biggest factor in implementing change in gender employment roles
and those changes would bleed over into the other societal roles played by these women. This was just as true for the lower class women largely ignored in "The
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