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A 16 page essay that contrasts the women in Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. This discussion of these novels focuses on the creativity and passion of the protagonists and how this affected their lives. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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their lives bringing them both the trauma and ecstasy of change. There are similarities between Chopins protagonist Edna Pontellier and the unnamed protagonist created by Smart, as both women have
passionate affairs that are complicated by the marriage of one of the lovers. In Chopins novel, Edna is married and her romance involves her in adultery and social ostracism.
In Smarts novel, the unnamed protagonist falls in love with a married man. They are both driven by their pain; however, examination of these novels reveals that the main difference
between them is in how each protagonist reacts to her pain. In Chopins novel, Edna ultimately reacts by resorting to suicide while in Smarts novel, the narrative voice suggests that
her pain will drive her to achieve creative and financial success. Chopins novel, despite its controversial nature and shocking, by nineteenth century standards, subject matter, is much more conventional
than that of Smart, as it follows narrative literary conventions. For example, at the beginning of the novel Chopin provides expository data that informs the reader concerning Ednas present life
(i.e., married with two children) as well as her past. The reader learns that Edna married in order to escape the rule of her domineering father and strict Presbyterian
background. Chopin does not relate a great deal about Ednas early life, but what she does indicate is extremely revealing, as the narrator indicates that Edna lost her mother early
in life, which removed from her life the primary role model, which would have otherwise portrayed for her what it meant to be a woman (Taylor and Fineman 35). Consequently,
Ednas only parent was a cold and distant father who failed to provide the fulfillment of her emotional needs. While her mother was still alive, Chopin indicates that the relationship
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