Kate Larson

the house, caring for the children, cleaning the house, and doing other “womanly” tasks.  Chained to their husbands, marriage became prison to many women; the only means of breaking free from these bonds being the death of a husband.  In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard lives for an hour, experiencing rebirth into freedom and death when that freedom is lost.          While sitting downstairs, Mrs. Mallard grieves over the loss

Kate Chopin novel The Awakening is set in the late nineteenth century on the Grand Isle. The novel centers on Edna Pontellier a woman who is becoming sexually aware of herself and trying to gain her independence. Throughout the novel, she drives to meet her views on motherhood and femininity from the social attitudes of the South towards women; women were nothing but property. In the novel, Edna tries to seek her individuality from the constraints of society, but finds her journey impeded by her

Procedure/Instructional Strategies Prior to Class 1. Read Why Do You Cry?: Not a Sob Story by Kate Klise. Develop post-it notes throughout the book denoting the causes and effects in the story. 2. Make a two-column chart showing Cause in the first column and

Kate Chopin uses dynamic characters to help create Edna Pontillier. By using Mr. Pontillier, Edna’s children, and Madame Ratignolle to contrast Edna; and Robert, Madame Raisz, and Arobin as supporting characters to Edna’s untraditional ambitions Kate Chopin produces an independent, unconventional woman. While some characters contrast to Edna all of the characters in The Awakening help to illuminate Edna’s opposition to Creole tradition. Without the use of supporting and contrasting characters Edna

The Creole society demands high moral and a traditional lifestyle from the women in The Awakening, by Kate Chopin. Edna Pontillier, the main character, enters a rebellious state of mind as she explores the awakening the other characters influence. The other characters in The Awakening create Edna by influencing her decisions, independence, and sexual desires throughout the story. Mademoiselle Reisz, Robert, and Alcee Arobin challenge Edna to fly above the Creole traditions and become more in-touch

Imagine finding out that your entire life was a lie, and that every single thing you knew about your identity and your family was completely false! Armand Aubigny, one of the main characters in Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin, experiences this exact dilemma throughout this short story. Desiree’s Baby is a story about a young man and woman, who fall in love, but Desiree, who does not know her birth parents, is considered nameless. When she and Armand have a child, they are both very surprised because

because it is largely misunderstood. For instance, there are some people who use the term “irony” interchangeably with “misfortune” or the term “ironic” with “cynical.” Oftentimes, literature is an excellent teacher about what certain terms mean. Indeed, Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Edward Arlington Robinson’s “Miniver Cheevy” seem to provide excellent insight as to what “irony” truly means. In addition to these, scrutiny of Lawrence Berkove’s analysis of Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, provides

Written by Kate Chopin. The time at which the story was set is in the 19th century. The story was set in Louisiana and in real sense, Louisiana is a place that is best known for violent storms. The story is about is a confrontation of the theme of femininity and complexities of the married people in the storm. The storm is used throughout the story, and it only ends after the characters, Alcee and Calixta’s sexual encounter, which brings out the theme of femininity, and sexual desires. Kate Chopin opens

Reading Fluency: Refers to the ability to decode words accurately, effortlessly, using correct volume, phrasing and appropriate intonation at a reasonably rapid rate. There are three main components of fluency including speed, accuracy and prosody, which is using expression when reading. Since the reader is reading automatically he is able to focus on the comprehension of text. Fluency refers to the ability to maintain accurate reading of connected text at a conversational rate with appropriate

The Escape of a Modern Housewife “She could only realize that she herself – her present self – was in some way different from the other self” (Chopin 67). The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a compelling story of a woman who is awakened from the miserable duties of a housewife and mother to a woman who falls in love and finds herself. This story is not to judge a woman for having an affair with her husband, but it is to make the reader fall in love with this woman named Edna and go with her on her