Carnaval By Robert Schumann

Over the course of time the male species has always been the gender to attain the more favorable conditions. Numerous cultures heed to the belief that the man is the provider and head of his family. This machismo nature can condition the mind to believe that a man should feel superior to a woman. The continuous cycle of male superiority flows down from father to son subconsciously. Do to this unceasing sequence of behavior women fall subject to repression and control at the hands of mentally undeveloped men. Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, illustrated this particular topic in a way that not only appealed to the readers’ sense of pathos but, the readers’ likeliness to be able to relate to the aforementioned as well. Chopin stylistically renders the struggle of the protagonist Edna Pontellier, a strong willed woman who finds herself imprisoned to the concept of trans-temporal existence, as she seeks refuge to her true being, Edna experiments relationships with multiple men that unintentionally repress her existence. Between Leonce Pontellier, Robert Lebrun, Alcee Arobin and The Colonel effect of Edna’s life they catalyze her awakening and ultimately lead her suicide.

Kate Chopin’s controversial novel, The Awakening, ignited turmoil because of her blatant disregard of the established 19th century perspective of women upholding strictly maternal and matrimonial responsibilities. Edna’s candid exploration of the restrictions on women through her liberal behavior in a conservative Victorian society makes her a literary symbol for feminist ideals. Despite denunciation from other people, Edna chooses individuality over conformity through her veering from traditional obligations. Edna indulges in her love of art, which is considered to conflict with her expected singular devotion to her household. Exploring her sexuality rather than repressing any sexual awareness constructs her feministic mentality.

The Pianist follows the story of Szpilman, a Jewish pianist, during the Holocaust in WWII. As a result of being Jewish, Szpilman experienced the discrimination typical of the time period. In the beginning, the steps taken to discriminate against the Jews were simplistic like banning them from restaurants. But banning Jews from public places only marked the beginning of the escalating tragedies to ensue. The Jews were forced to endure being made a spectacle. They were required to wear an armband with the Star of David in order to mark them as different. Making the Jews stand out was not enough to satisfy the German’s so they separated the Jews from the rest of society. These Ghettos the Germans provided had hard living conditions which the Jews had to struggle to survive in. Szpilman and his family were among those subjected to live in the Warsaw Ghetto. On top of these degrading regulations, the Germans physically harmed and embarrassed the Jews. The German’s actions took various forms that included forcing

I have chosen to share three of my favorite pieces. Each piece is different by genre, artist, style, and time. These three pieces should be familiar to most of the populations’ ears. I tried to choose different types of pieces because I do not like to listen to the same artists or genre. My personal musical taste is a variety of genres and choosing the three pieces represents my musical mixture.

Life is an obstacle-ridden disarray of sharp, unpredictable twists and turns. One turn may lead to love, happiness, and bliss, whereas the next turn could just as easily deliver hatred, heartbreak, and despair. To capture this jumbled reality in writing is the sole aspiration of many authors. Kate Chopin, an author from the late 1800s known for writing incredible short stories based in Louisiana, not only succeeded in encapsulating this reality but also in sharing modern, advanced ideas about sexuality, racism, and women’s rights in her work. One of Chopin’s short stories that featured life’s disparities, as well as its unexpected twists and turns, is “Desiree’s Baby.” Published in Vogue in 1893, “Desiree’s Baby” presents a story detailing

Music in the nineteenth century saw the creation and evolution of new music genres such as the piano miniature, short expressive piano pieces. During this time raw emotion and expressionism prevailed as the focus of music during this described “Romantic” movement. Robert Schumann’s “Grillen”, from Fantasiestucke, Opus 12 was written in July 1837 contains several virtues of music during his time period. Schumann’s uses various qualities in his music such as form, pitch, rhythm and meter, and texture so express different attitudes within his music. These qualities convey music that characterizes romanticism as very emotional, expressional, and dramatic. Schumann’s piano miniature remains a supreme example of the Romantic style in its uses

In the novel, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, we see how much of an importance the men in Edna’s life serve as a purpose to her awakening. Chopin is known to write stories about women who are unsatisfied with their lives while living in a life that is dominated by men. Other than Edna, the main men characters are typical men of the late 19th century era. Chopin shows how these three men are diverse from one another. The Creole men are Léonce Pontellier, Edna’s husband, Robert, Edna’s mystery man number one, and Alcee, mystery man number two. Léonce, Edna’s husband, is a businessman who has no time for his family let alone his wife. Alcee comes off as carefree and does not seem to care what society thinks of him. Robert is Edna’s main mystery man who she loves but Robert doesn’t love her back. Throughout the novel, these men make Edna question herself, which lead her to her awakening. These men show how men in the late 19th century behaved. In a male dominated world, women were not allowed to do much except for be good wives and mothers to their families. Edna learned the hard way as to what it meant to be the wife of a Creole man in the Victorian era. Men expected too much of women because appearances meant everything and no man would want to have a wife who is out of line and not well behaved in public. In studying these three men in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, we see how different yet alike these men are to one another.

Pigsy, Rib of man, Piece of goods, Frail, Scupper are some of the many words that were used to describe over the last millennium, some of the words which are very offensive today. According to dictionary.com, Feminism means the advocacy of women’s right on the basis of the equality of the sexes. In The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Chopin expressed female oppression and feminism through Edna’s life, her choices and the people in her community. Chopin had many examples of female oppression and feminism in her novel, such as Adele Ratignolle’s life, how women were stereotyped in the society at that time, why women in the 1800s fought for their feminist rights,

Kate Chopin writes a short story named “The storm.” The plot of the story where the author shows two married couples, a total of five people and two of them have an affair. We can see a woman who is a mother, a lover and a wife and her different reaction while performing each one of the different roles. After the storm the characters seem to reveal hidden aspects of them.

Puritans and reformers of seventeenth century England have been given a bad name for their part in history. This is primarily because they were working against the grain and trying to create change in world that saw change as a threat. The time period was turbulent and there was bound to be resistance in a world that was dominated by Catholics and those that had reformed to abide by their King’s law. The puritans of the time were considered extreme and rubbed people the wrong way because they wanted a world that abided by their morals and ethical codes. For this, they took the blame for the misery that many suffered during this age, but as we see in Fire from Heaven, this is not a fair assessment. The Puritans of this time wanted to improve the lives of the people and society as a whole through morality and purity.

Kate Chopin is writing so many great stories about whatever she sees. Kate has many Wonderful stories such as, (The Storm, Desiree’s Baby, A Pair of Silk Stocking, A Respectable Woman, and The Story of an Hour). There is one story in particular that catches my mind which is “The Storm”. 0In Kate chopin's era, women are seen as nothing more than a wife and have to stay with their husband for life. Chopin shows a dramatic scene between Alcee and Calixta during the time of a storm that is passing by. Chopin states a non judgemental spot about refraining from morals about the purity of marriage especially calixta. Chopin drenches in “The Storm” a strong feminist and makes a good question about marriage.

Flannery O’Connor’s work opens up wide doors and gives direct access to the true heart

Edna, the protagonist in Kate Chopin’s novella The Awakening, experiences a transformative internal “awakening”, brought about by a realization of her own romantic feelings toward the young Robert Lebrun. The development of her attraction toward Robert and of their love for each other rouses Edna’s long-repressed sexuality; and her desire to be with Robert makes her realize how unfulfilling she finds both her marriage and her life, impelling her to take steps to shirk the confines and regulations of conventional society and pursue her own contentment and free expression. These steps include her forfeit of her social status, her rejection of her husband and the life he had provided her, her detachment from her children, and culminates with

In the Victoria Era, women were fighting to break free of a society that suppresses a free spirit. In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, Edna is the main protagonist of the story that has become awakened and now realizes the type of society that she lives in. Her husband, Leonce Pontellier, disagrees with her behavior; Robert Lebrun- Edna’s lover- has a complex relationship with her, and Victor Lebrun and his mother Madame Lebrun are Edna’s friends that are observant of her changes throughout the novel. Not to forget Alcee Arobin, a man she is having sexual relations with, and Mademoiselle Reisz who is a mother figure to her. Edna’s children- Etienne and Raoul cause her to second think a lot of choices in her life and Madame Adele Ratignolle, another close friend to Edna, provides to her opinions and advice. Edna’s unfulfilled life as a mother and wife urges Edna to release herself from the norm that is society. Now that she sees the domestication that a woman is expected of, Edna cannot return to the life she used to live. Marriage is unsatisfactory to Edna, and becomes something she hates, and something she learns she does not need.

In Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", the protagonist is a woman named Edna Pontellier. She is portrayed as a woman who dares to commit adultery and actions that are very contradictory with the male authority that has dominated the world; the patriarchal system. "The Awakening" takes place in the nineteenth century which is heavy on no women's rights and the roles women are supposed to play. The story is almost a mirror image of feminism. A mirror image of women's awareness and emancipation to the male authority. When reading "The Awakening" one can see that it is about Edna's rebellion against the patriarchal system, the male authority. The book shows Edna's rebellion toward the traditional rules that the society holds and Edna facing her oppressive marriage in a way that some may find selfish. Edna may be rebelling because she no longer wants to be treated like the other women. It is like she is refusing to be treated like the typical oppressed woman any further and Edna struggles hard to fight the patriarchal system and rebel for the hope of freedom, equality and self-assertion merely as a woman by changing her own character from a submissive and weak woman to a one with a strong and independent nature. Her struggles that reflect the element of feminism proves that she is persistent and determined with her goals. Edna tries to prove to society that women do not deserve to be treated unfairly just because of their biological differences between them and men. As a woman, Edna