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The ending of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening is both controversial and thought provoking. Many see Edna Pontellier’s suicide as the final stage of her “awakening”, and the only way that she will ever be able to truly be free. Edna’s suicide, however, is nothing more than her final attempt to escape from her life. Edna Pontellier’s life has become too much for her to handle, and by committing suicide she is simply escaping the oppression she feels from her marriage, the suppression she feels from her children, and the failure of her relationship with Robert.

Although The Awakening may be seen as a tragic love story to some, it is truly a novel that displays the turning point for a woman’s role in the 1900’s. The main character, Edna Pontellier, is the epitome of the new working woman. The story centers around Edna’s discovery of her beliefs which are found through a series of awakenings and contrasted with the social norms of the time.

In Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening a wife and a mother of two, Edna Pontellier, discovers her desires as a woman to live life to the fullest extent and to find her true self. Eventually, her discovery leads to friction between friends, family, and the dominant values of society. Through Chopin's use of Author’s craft and literary elements, the readers have a clear comprehension as to what the author is conveying.

“Whatever we may do or attempt, despite the embrace and transports of love, the hunger of lips, we are always alone” (Chopin 581.7). In Kate Chopin’s story The Awakening, not only is this the quote that Edna Pontellier identifies with when Mrs. Ratignolle plays piano for her, but it is also the perfect description of the struggle in which Mrs. Pontellier faces. Though, The Awakening was considered sexually charged and risqué for its time, when one analyzes this quote and the original title of Kate Chopin’s story, A Solitary Soul, they come to the realization that there is more to this story than just sex (562). The Awakening is a story about Edna Pontellier’s struggle to find acceptance and fulfillment in a society confined by gender

Mademoiselle Reisz’s playing on the Grand Isle ignited Edna’s awakening. Mademoiselle Reisz playing marked “the first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an impress of the abiding truth” (30). Edna’s determination to seek out Mademoiselle Reisz and her playing once again mark the first time Edna makes an effort to seek truth. Upon first hearing Mademoiselle Reisz play she found truth, but the act of seeking that truth is more powerful than knowing it. Previously Edna has been a passive participant in her destinity. She has allowed truth to be found for her. This truth is the same for all high society women, abide by social norms and keep up the image of your husband. Seeking out truth makes Edna an active participant in her destiny. The truth that she finds in Mademoiselle Reisz’s playing is not given

In the beginning, I was wondering how the narrator’s worry about his estranged brother, and the

Short stories usually convey a theme message, a statement which motivates the reader to be a more moral person. In order for the reader to understand this life lesson, authors implant different literary devices such as foreshadowing and conflict into their text. Foreshadowing is the use of clues to suggest events that may occur later in the story, and conflict is when there is a struggle between two opposing forces. In “Charles” by Shirley Jackson and “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov, the authors use foreshadowing and conflict to enhance the story's ultimate meaning.

The ending of Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, portrays a new beginning for the protagonist, Edna. While Edna’s awakening happens through physical means, her transformation is psychological. Through the use of sound, imagery, and diction, Kate Chopin depicts the protagonist’s experience as a resurrection.

In the story the ‘Awakening’ by Kate Chopin the main character is Edna Pontellier. Throughout the story, we see Edna go through many personal developments to find, her true identity. Edna also makes sacrifices to transform herself into a new person. Edna demonstrates this through life changes she makes with her change of family and social groups. She also displays, what she wants by going further than any other women had gone in her society. Edna is soul searching because, she is unsatisfied with, her life that is the main reason;she is going through these changes in life.

Throughout the beginning of the course we have read a wide variety of short stories all written by people from different backgrounds and nations. Despite these differences I have found that there is a continuing theme in the majority of the works we have read. Many of these stories are about a character or characters journey and what this reveals to them about themselves or the world around them. In particular Young Goodman Brown, Araby and A Good Man Is Hard to Find all deal a character 's realization of the bitter world they live in. The journey is merely a prompt or tool that helps to unearth the misery that each character finds. I will be comparing and contrasting the characters journeys in the three stories and determining what I

The Awakening Theme: Do not give into the pressures of society and search for your own identity Edna lives in a society that expects women to only take care of children and be an obedient wife. However, Edna feels trapped and does not want to be only limited to being a good wife. One day, she meets a young man named Robert who helps Edna awaken and she gradually begins to want to search for her own identity. Therefore, she has sexual awakenings with Alcee, so she can try to figure out herself.

The Awakening was a very exciting and motivating story. It contains some of the key motivational themes that launched the women’s movement. It was incredible to see how women were not only oppressed, but how they had become so accustomed to it, that they were nearly oblivious to the oppression. The one woman, Edna Pontellier, who dared to have her own feelings was looked upon as being mentally ill. The pressure was so great, that in the end, the only way that she felt she could be truly free was to take her own life.  In this paper I am going to concentrate on the characters central in Edna’s life and her relationships with them.

Everyday our lifestyles affect what we think and how we react. This lesson describes the same phenomenon of how authors personal life and backgrounds can influence his writing in the same way. An author is influenced by his past when he writes. Many writers are heavily influenced by the events that occurred in their lives. Russell Banks is one of these authors. There are few ways in which his work relate to his life. Banks life was very depressing, which helped his inspiration for his dark stories. Depression, grief and tragedy are the main theme theme of the novel The Sweet Hereafter. The dark events in his life stimulated his unique and disturbing style of writing which is what he is famous for. Personal tragic experiences , beliefs

The scream infact belonged to Lila so they at once rushed to the castle, Henry carried Lily who was still too weak. When they came to the castle the scream stopped it was deadly quiet then they heard someone crying. They found the source of the crying was Rosella. It took them 10 whole minutes to get her to tell them what was wrong. Apparently she and Lila were having tea when suddenly Lila screamed and poof disappeared.

If we take a closer look to the techniques of the short story exploited by the author, these will expose the reasoning behind its usage to condition a better understanding of the main effect. We might find that the power granted to the context is compact and concise to memorable personify the characters, by setting up the context this will dictate the personality and identity of the main actors. In the portrayal of Augustus Silvera in Government Cows language dictates the situation and the situation acts as a projection of identity. Therefrom, lack of education is conveyed in behalf of the intentional grammatical mistakes, syntactic structure and code-switching or alternation between Standard English and Jamaican creole. Likewise, the way Augustus’s personality is prompted by feelings of sorrow for any each of the misfortunes that