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    The Awakening: Evaluating The Core Values of the Nineteenth Century In Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, the main protagonist Edna Pontellier exists as the embodiment of the feminist ideas that stand as outliers in the midst of the more traditional nineteenth century beliefs. Set in 1899 near the end of this generation, Chopin’s work explores the shared attitudes of most of the novel’s cast as they respond to Edna’s search for independence and freedom, an action that challenges her conservative

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    the Creole society. Edna begins to feel a change; she begins to feel like a whole person with wants, interests and desires. She learns that she is not comfortable with being a wife and mother. The imagery of the parrot in the cage in Chopin’s novel is being compared to Edna because it represents Edna’s unspoken feelings and imprisonment. The sense of unspoken feelings and imprisonment of Edna causes her to put her own needs before her family. As Edna finds herself trying to satisfy the Creole society

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    The Creoles led an important fight for independence. In the 1800s most of the population of Latin America broke out against the power of the Spanish. They led many revolutions in the fight for independence. The social groups were unequal and many had little power. What was the purpose of the Creoles leading the fight? The Creoles led the fight for Latin American independence for three main reasons: they wanted political control, land control, and social control. One reason Creoles led the fight

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    fight for independence the Creoles had may leaders along the way that helped to end the Peninsulares. Some of the leaders were military and religious figures that helped to make independent nations. These leaders lead the Americanos and influenced them to unite them as a nation state. They were doing this because Portugal and other nations were not involved with them and yet they ruled them and the Americanos wanted administrative power from the Peninsulares. The Creoles led the fight for independence

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    composed of the Creole elite”. This elite group of Creoles consisted of “lawyers, great landlords and churchmen - a few long-serving officials from the peninsula and the great import merchants.”(399). The hastness of these reforms in the colonies was a direct result of the Creoles, whose influence, in the view of the crown, had grown too large. To lower the power of the Creoles, audiencias, or royal courts, were enlarged and their memberships were restricted to exclude most creoles. The underlying

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    Why Did The Creoles Fight

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    independence from Spanish control over the colonies in the Americas. The Creoles, a group of people high on the social pyramid, were born in Latin America and had pure Spanish blood. They believed that the right to govern the Americas was theirs and planned to take action upon it. Although economically stable and socially powerful, the Creoles didn't have many government positions and with a revolution of the rise, it was important the Creoles stand up to maintain their status and potentially gain more control

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    The Awakening by Edna Pontellier Essay

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    She pales in comparison as a mother when set next to the other Creole women on Grand Isle. When the children of the other mothers need comfort, they run to their mother. However this is not the case for Mrs. Pontellier. When Edna’s children fall, rather than seeking comfort from their mother, they are more likely to

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    Louisiana Creole Culture

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    Andreana Franklin English 1301 2A1 Ms McClelland 30 April 2018 Diversity of Louisiana Creole Culture Louisiana Creoles are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule. These imposed meanings varied from descendants of French and Spanish aristocrats to racially mixed or to anyone of African blood. In the Louisiana Creole mind those distinctions are irrelevant. They contradict and hide the essential nature of this vanishing, alternative

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    Dbq Essay On The Creoles

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    They came from a colony called the Creoles and were ready to lead and fight for their independence from Spain. Why did the Creole lead the battle? The Creoles led the battle for Latin American independence because they wanted political power, more control over money and economics, and to maintain social dominance over lower social classes. The Creoles had lots of economic power, but the peninsulas would try to eliminate

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    Slave Ship Creole

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    article, ‘The Revolt On The Slave Ship Creole: Popular resistance to slavery in post-emancipation Nassau’ was written by Edward Eden. Dr. Edward Eden is a professor of English at Hanover College, Indiana, U.S.A. This article was taken from the ‘Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society, October 2000,’ pages 13 through 20.’ As penned by the author the main purpose of this article is to familiarize its Bahamian readers with the revolt on the slave ship Creole in an effort to solicit sources of information

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